University of Central Florida - - 2007 UCF Research Week

Event Recap

News Articles

• Research in Society, Society in Research
• Layers of Discovery: Breakthroughs in Cancer Research
• A Forum for Graduate Student Research
• Thanks
• Stem Cell Research in Our Society: Because We Can, Should We?
• Graduate Awards for Excellence
• Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence
• Techniques for Completing a Thesis or Dissertation
• Research Week Ends with Awards
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Toward Cognitive Prostheses
• Vision for Building an Interdisciplinary Research-based Medical School
• Rosen College Research Colloquium
• Risk Attitudes, Randomizations to Treatments
• Art of Fiction Writing
• Art and Science at UCF Research Week
• Thank you to the following sponsors of 2007 UCF Research Week

Toward Cognitive Prostheses

Dr. Ken Ford, Director of the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, wowed a lunchtime crowd at the Barbara Ying Center in the International Services Center.

In his talk Toward Cognitive Prostheses, Dr. Ford described several applications for next generation prosthetic technology. In particular, Ford explained a sensory replacement technique driven through a user’s tongue, with literally the potential to make the blind see.

As applied, the prosthetic would allow the user to experience a proscribed sense, whether sight or smell or sound, which may otherwise be impossible for that user. Though these sensations have clear limitations, Dr. Ford describes, “Something is better than nothing.”

While many of the initial applications for the technology involve military use, Ford envisioned long-term prosthetic assistance for even the most debilitated users, quadriplegics.

Ford’s talk was sponsored by the Office of Research and Commercialization.

 

 

UCF Division of Graduate Studies, the Division of Undergraduate Studies and the Office of Research and Commercialization are proud organizers of the the 2007 UCF Research Week.

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