News from INE http://www.ine-news.org Thu, 23 May 2013 07:10:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ine-news.org/images/logo.gif http://www.ine-news.org Feed provided by Form and Content media. Click to visit. http://www.neurdon.com/2010/08/12/neuromorphic-systems-silicon-neurons-and-neural-arrays-for-emulating-the-nervous-system/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Neurdon+%28Neurdon%29 Neuromorphic engineers are studying the nervous system and trying to emulate its function and organization in their computational and robotics systems... Blogs Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.ine-news.org/view.php?article=rss-314 Researchers at MIT have developed the first integrated-circuit vocal tract, which could eventually make it's way into high-end PDAs. It's biologically inspired and combined with a bionic-ear processor in a feedback loop. This means it can not only be used... Biological Models:Hearing, Applications:Robotic, Applications:Language, Applications:Hearing, Applications:Biomedical, Blogs, Technologies:Analog Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.ine-news.org/view.php?article=rss-231 If you've been following my analog posts you'll know that one of my concerns has been that we don't train enough engineers who are really comfortable working in this area. Analog has two major problems: not only is it just... Blogs, Technologies:Analog Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.ine-news.org/view.php?article=rss-74 Those of you interested in my last article on central pattern generator chips may also want to read a new piece I've written for EE Times, this time on the use of CPGs in modular robots. It partly covers the... Biological models: Central pattern generators, Applications:Robotic, Applications:Locomotion, Blogs Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.ine-news.org/view.php?article=rss-75 While I was at Johns Hopkins University during the summer, I found out about the first demonstration of a new chip that can be used to stimulate locomotion in an animal (tested on a temporarily-paralyzed cat, see right). Unlike previous... Blogs, Applications:Locomotion, Biological models: Central pattern generators, Applications:Biomedical Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.ine-news.org/view.php?article=rss-100 I just came back from a technical visit to Switzerland where I had the opportunity to visit many different labs relating to machine intelligence, micro and nanofabrication, and optoelectronics. I even got to visit my first synchotron. As a result,... Applications:Robotic, Blogs Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:00:00 +0100