Spine with intelligence

Intel's "smart spine" will save you from paralysis

Sergey Kolenov, Hi-tech+

With serious spinal injuries, impulses from the brain cannot reach the muscles, which leads to paralysis. Unfortunately, the human body is not able to regenerate damaged nerve fibers on its own. Intel is confident that the time has come to use modern technologies.

According to a press release from Brown University Researchers to develop an ‘intelligent spinal interface’ with $6.3 million in DARPA funding, Intel, together with researchers from Brown University, launched a two-year project to create an intelligent interface that will restore limb movement and bladder control after spinal injuries. Doctors from Rhode Island Hospital and employees of Micro-Leads Medical, who have developed high-precision spinal cord stimulation technology, will also take part in the development. Part of the funding will be provided by a $6.3 million DARPA grant.

Intel will provide hardware and software for the project, as well as help in creating algorithms that decode nerve impulses.

AI will become the basis for special implants that will be implanted in volunteers with spinal cord injuries.

The device will pick up motor and sensory signals and transmit them bypassing the damaged area.

At the first stages, the implant will be used to decode pulses from an external computer system. However, in the future it will become completely autonomous.

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