Welcome to the Neurotech Club @ UMD.
NeuroTech@UMD is a student organization focused around neurotechnologies, such as brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).
What is a Brain-Computer Interface?
Brain-computer interfaces (BCI's) are an exciting emerging technology that will allow us to control computers and machines and communicate with each other just using our thoughts! This interdisciplinary topic combines neuroscience, machine learning, electronics, signal processing, and programming in order to analyze and interpret brainwaves. This technology is already being used in research to allow people with lost limbs to control prosthetics via their brain's natural instructions and to allow people with hand paralysis to enter words into a computer using their thoughts. And companies like Facebook and Elon Musk's Neuralink are actively working towards integrating this technology into future consumer products.
So what do we do?
Our organization will be affiliated with NeuroTechX, “a non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate the advancement of neurotechnology by providing key resources and learning opportunities, and by being leaders in local and worldwide technological initiatives”, as a NeuroTechX Student Club. We host weekly workshops on different topics related to neurotech and work on cool projects using non-invasive BCIs, such as a device like a headset or hat that detect brainwaves on the surface of your head so that you can make sense of it. Some projects that other NeuroTechX Student Clubs have worked on in the past include brain-controlled drones, robots, and smart home devices.
Leadership:
- President: Aamir Ghadially
- Treasurer: David Soussana
- Webmaster: Jack Doggett