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Author Nicolelis, Miguel.

Title Beyond boundaries : the new neuroscience of connecting brains with machines--and how it will change our lives / Miguel Nicolelis.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Times Books, 2011.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1484078~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  003.5 NIC 2011    AVAILABLE
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Description 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-333) and index.
Contents What is thinking? -- Brainstorm chasers -- The simulated body -- Listening to the cerebral symphony -- How rats escape from cats -- Freeing aurora's brain -- Self control -- A mind's voyage around the real world -- The man whose body was a plane -- Shaping and sharing minds -- The monster hidden in the brain -- Computing with a relativistic brain -- Back to the stars.
Summary Draws on ground-breaking brain research to assess the potential of thought-controlled machines, which may enable significant technological advances in areas ranging from health care and manufacturing to global communication and space exploration.
Subject Thought and thinking.
Neurosciences.
Brain.
Machinery.
ISBN 9780805090529
0805090525
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