BCI Pioneers Part II
07/12/22 • 44 min
The Panel:
Jan Scheuermann is an author and public speaker, and self-styled “professional lab rat.” She has spoken at DARPA, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, and the National Convention of the ALS Association about her experience as a BCI trial participant at UPitt. She is the author of a fictional mystery novel, Sharp as a Cucumber, available on Amazon. You can find out more about Jan and book her for public speaking events on her website or connect with her on LinkedIn.
Ian Burkhart is the President of the Ian Burkhart Foundation, which provides equipment not typically covered by insurance that improves independence for those with spinal cord injuries. He is also the Vice President of the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium, an advocacy organization that brings individuals with lived experience together with researchers to improve research, care, cure, and policy. In addition, Ian consults on medical device development and user interaction. Ian’s latest project is the BCI Pioneers Coalition, a platform to connect BCI users, researchers, industry, and other stakeholder groups to discuss the future of Brain Computer Interfaces. You can visit him on his website or connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
Nathan Copeland is a neurotechnology consultant, speaker, and digital artist. He has spoken at numerous conventions around the world about his experiences in the lab and has been featured in many prominent publications including, but not limited to, Wired, MIT Tech Review, NPR, Fortune, and the Atlantic. He is the creator of the first BCI NFTs, available on OpenSea. You can connect with Nathan on Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin.
00:00 | Intro
0:14 | Neurotech Pub Episode 13: BCI Pioneers Part I
0:47 | Neurotech Pub Episode 10: Business Models in Neurotech
1:30 | BCI & Identity
1:30 | New Yorker - Do Brain Implants Change Your Identity?
2:09 | The Utah Array (Blackrock Neurotech)
16:05 | Learn more about Hector in Part 1
17:14 | Talking Form Factors
18:36 | CerePlex System
22:36 | Support Systems in BCI Adoption
38:35 | Get in Touch
38:54 | The Ian Burkhart Foundation
39:13 | Book Ian as a speaker
39:25 | North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium (NASCIC)
40:04 | Where to find Ian
40:19 | Contact Nathan
40:25 | Nathan on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter
40:32 | Nathan's NFTs on OpenSea
Links to Jan’s lab photos and how to get in touch can be found here
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The Panel:
Jan Scheuermann is an author and public speaker, and self-styled “professional lab rat.” She has spoken at DARPA, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, and the National Convention of the ALS Association about her experience as a BCI trial participant at UPitt. She is the author of a fictional mystery novel, Sharp as a Cucumber, available on Amazon. You can find out more about Jan and book her for public speaking events on her website or connect with her on LinkedIn.
Ian Burkhart is the President of the Ian Burkhart Foundation, which provides equipment not typically covered by insurance that improves independence for those with spinal cord injuries. He is also the Vice President of the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium, an advocacy organization that brings individuals with lived experience together with researchers to improve research, care, cure, and policy. In addition, Ian consults on medical device development and user interaction. Ian’s latest project is the BCI Pioneers Coalition, a platform to connect BCI users, researchers, industry, and other stakeholder groups to discuss the future of Brain Computer Interfaces. You can visit him on his website or connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
Nathan Copeland is a neurotechnology consultant, speaker, and digital artist. He has spoken at numerous conventions around the world about his experiences in the lab and has been featured in many prominent publications including, but not limited to, Wired, MIT Tech Review, NPR, Fortune, and the Atlantic. He is the creator of the first BCI NFTs, available on OpenSea. You can connect with Nathan on Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin.
00:00 | Intro
0:14 | Neurotech Pub Episode 13: BCI Pioneers Part I
0:47 | Neurotech Pub Episode 10: Business Models in Neurotech
1:30 | BCI & Identity
1:30 | New Yorker - Do Brain Implants Change Your Identity?
2:09 | The Utah Array (Blackrock Neurotech)
16:05 | Learn more about Hector in Part 1
17:14 | Talking Form Factors
18:36 | CerePlex System
22:36 | Support Systems in BCI Adoption
38:35 | Get in Touch
38:54 | The Ian Burkhart Foundation
39:13 | Book Ian as a speaker
39:25 | North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium (NASCIC)
40:04 | Where to find Ian
40:19 | Contact Nathan
40:25 | Nathan on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter
40:32 | Nathan's NFTs on OpenSea
Links to Jan’s lab photos and how to get in touch can be found here
Want More?
Follow Paradromics on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram
Follow Blackrock Neurotech on Twitter, LinkedIn...
Previous Episode
BCI Pioneers Part I
In this very special two part series in collaboration with Blackrock Neurotech, Paradromics CEO Matt Angle and Blackrock Creative Director Taryn Southern co-host a discussion with BCI research pioneers Jan Scheuermann, Ian Burkhart, and Nathan Copeland. In part one, we discuss their personal journeys to becoming BCI pioneers, implant experiences with the Utah Array, their time in the lab, and some of their current projects. Learn more about Jan, Ian, and Nathan below and stay tuned for part two, coming in July 2022!
The Panel:
Jan Scheuermann is an author and public speaker, and self-styled “professional lab rat.” She has spoken at DARPA, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, and the National Convention of the ALS Association about her experience as a BCI trial participant at UPitt. She is the author of a fictional mystery novel, Sharp as a Cucumber, available on Amazon. You can find out more about Jan and book her for public speaking events on her website or connect with her on LinkedIn.
Ian Burkhart is the President of the Ian Burkhart Foundation, which provides equipment not typically covered by insurance that improves independence for those with spinal cord injuries. He is also the Vice President of the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium, an advocacy organization that brings individuals with lived experience together with researchers to improve research, care, cure, and policy. In addition, Ian consults on medical device development and user interaction. Ian’s latest project is the BCI Pioneers Coalition, a platform to connect BCI users, researchers, industry, and other stakeholder groups to discuss the future of Brain Computer Interfaces. You can visit him on his website or connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
Nathan Copeland is a neurotechnology consultant, speaker, and digital artist. He has spoken at numerous conventions around the world about his experiences in the lab and has been featured in many prominent publications including, but not limited to, Wired, MIT Tech Review, NPR, Fortune, and the Atlantic. He is the creator of the first BCI NFTs, available on OpenSea. You can connect with Nathan on Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin.
00:00 | Intro
6:10 | Who came first?
7:07 | Jan Scheuermann
7:18 | Tim Hemmes & the UPitt/UPMC Team
8:05 | New Yorker profile of Jan and the UPitt team
8:55 | View Jan’s photos from the lab
10:10 | Nathan Copeland
13:00 | Parietal Cortex
13:22 | Saccade Movements
14:12 | The Pioneer Experience
16:04 | Neuro Life Study | Additional Reference | Interview with Ian | Archives of PMR
18:15 | Mirror Therapy
23:50 | Jan in the Pilot Seat
25:07 |
Next Episode
Neuro Mapping & Napping
Welcome back to Neurotech Pub! In this episode we’re talking about sleep–why we sleep, how sleep works on a neurophysiological level, and some of the emerging sleep technologies that are about to revolutionize this essential neural activity.
Our guests are Amy Kruse, PhD, General Partner at Prime Movers Lab, Ram Gurumoorthy, PhD, Founder and CTO of Stimscience & Somnee, and Luis de Lecea, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
This episode also features a video introduction to sleep stages by Paradromics Intern Zoe Lalji. This is essential viewing if you’re unfamiliar with the stages of sleep and want to follow along later in the episode.
Cheers!
Show Notes:
00:00 | Episode intro with Matt Angle and Amy Kruse
1:07 | StimScience in Fast Company
5:05 | Learned Motor Patterns Are Replayed in Human Motor Cortex during Sleep
6:43 | Connect with Prime Movers Lab
7:01 | PML on Medium
7:45 | Introduction to Sleep Stages
References:
Check out Zoe’s nonprofit organization, ALS Heroes, and her Ted Talk
12:24 | Pulling all-nighters
12:50 | Amy Kruse, PhD
13:00 | Ram Gurumoorthy, PhD
13:07 | Stimscience, now Somnee
13:30 | Luis de Lecea, PhD
18:26 | Gordon Rule, PhD
18:40 | Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2004)
19:50 | Why do we sleep?
20:26 | Sleep drives metabolite clearance from the adult brain
20:35 | Sleep & DNA Repair
22:13 | Neural Activity can cause DNA damage
23:22 | Jerry Seigal
24:26 | DARPA Sleep Research
24:55 | Fur seals and sleep
25:08 | How do Whales and Dolphins Sleep Without Drowning?
25:54 | Putting Humans in Stasis Is the Best Way of Getting Us to Mars
27:36 | Sleep and Mortality
28:09 | The Sleeping Brain: Harnessing the Power of the Glymphatic System through Lifestyle Choices
28:27 | Giulio Tononi, MD, PhD
28:45 | Sleep, Memory, and Plasticity
28:52 | Sleep Cognition and Memory
29:00 | Sleeping up and down the phylogenetic tree
29:05 |
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