Stanford’s College Student Interest Group in Neurology (Co-SIGN) hosted a conference on neural prosthetics at the School of Medicine on Saturday morning. The event, titled “Mind over Matter,” brought attention to a number of new developments in biomedical research. The focus of the conference was on devices designed to help reverse impaired neurological function and brought together prominent researchers from Stanford and elsewhere to share their findings. Ophthalmology associate professor Daniel Palanker explained the latest research in “optoelectronic retinal implants,” a device that uses images from video goggles projected onto subretinal implants which then convert the images into an electric current that can be recognized by the brain. (ZACK HOBERG/The Stanford Daily)
