Mikhail A. Lebedev, PhD / Neuroengineering, Brain–computer interfaces and Avatar Project
Mikhail A. Lebedev, PhD – Senior Research Scientist (Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University)
We talked to Mikhail A. Lebedev about the future of Brain–computer interfaces, Avatar Project and a Full-body prosthesis.
Olesya Yermakova specially for the Avatar Technology Digest.
1) Which of the latest advances in neurology you consider the most significant?
2) What is your take on Avatar - project - a complete prosthesis of the human body?
3) ) From a technological point of view, what do you consider as the main obstacles on the way to its implementation?
4) What is your area of research today? Tell us about your work prospects for applications in medicine and other fields.
5) Tell us how you decode brain signals? Have you already done tests on humans?
6) What is the main purpose of your research and how close you are to bringing it to life?