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Technology has potential to help people affected by stroke or other conditions communicate
January 28, 2021 SHARE
Areas in the back of the brain become active when a person looks at an image. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have used light to decode brain signals and identify what image a person sees. (Video: Edward Del Rosario)
Some people are trapped within their own minds, able to think and feel but unable to express themselves because brain injury or disease has damaged their lines of communication with the outside world.
As a step toward helping people in such situations communicate, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have demonstrated that they can use light to detect what is going on inside someone’s head. The researchers use LED light beamed from the outside of the head inward to detect activity in the area of the brain responsible for visual processing, and then decode brain signals to determine
January 26, 2021 SHARE
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Dedric Carter, vice chancellor for operations and technology transfer at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed chair of the board of the Missouri Technology Corp. (MTC).
Gov. Mike Parson’s administration announced the appointment Jan. 26. Carter, who is also a professor of practice at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been a member of the board since 2017.
MTC is a public-private partnership created by the Missouri Legislature to promote entrepreneurship and foster the growth of new and emerging high-tech companies in Missouri.
“This is an exciting time for innovation and entrepreneurship in Missouri and across the nation,” Carter said. “I am honored to be appointed by Gov. Parson to serve in this capacity, and I look forward to leading this effort to usher in a new era of leveraged investment to raise the number and profile of Missouri ventures.”
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WashU Expert: Biden energy plan is aggressive, but much can be done
Geophysicist Michael Wysession, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, teaches a popular undergraduate course called “Energy and the Environment” and is author of The Great Courses lecture series “The Science of Energy: Resources and Power Explained.” Here Wysession breaks down President-elect Joe Biden’s 9-point Energy Plan, point-by-point, and provides his perspective on what is most doable:
“Anything Biden does will be a vast improvement.”
Michael Wysession
“Reverse the Trump damage and then some. Biden wants to initiate, reinstate and/or increase vehicle fuel economy standards, methane pollution limits and bans on new oil and gas leases. Car companies have been focusing their R&D on meeting high mileage standards, particularly by a shift to electric vehicles (EVs), so they don’t mind high standards as long as the playing