Comment neuronal, not neural (Score 1) 394
neural net refers to the mathematical model.
neuronal net refers to neurons - pyramidal cells, glia, etc.
As for the BCI (brain computer interface), things are advancing. I know at least of experimental BCIs that make a paralytic control a mouse on the screen by modulating his/her major brain rhythms (like alpha and beta). Of course it requires training but it works. As the analysis techniques of the ongoing EEG waveforms become more sophisticated (ICA, etc.), one can obtain more precise outputs from BCIs to control the PC or anything else. I don't know though about the reverse process, to feed data into the brain. I remember a project called 'the bionic man' (google should know the link) which successfully connected a video camera to the optical nerve, with quite a bit of resolution, beside other inputs.
neuronal net refers to neurons - pyramidal cells, glia, etc.
As for the BCI (brain computer interface), things are advancing. I know at least of experimental BCIs that make a paralytic control a mouse on the screen by modulating his/her major brain rhythms (like alpha and beta). Of course it requires training but it works. As the analysis techniques of the ongoing EEG waveforms become more sophisticated (ICA, etc.), one can obtain more precise outputs from BCIs to control the PC or anything else. I don't know though about the reverse process, to feed data into the brain. I remember a project called 'the bionic man' (google should know the link) which successfully connected a video camera to the optical nerve, with quite a bit of resolution, beside other inputs.
