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Phase 0: The Map
- The six territories of neuroengineering Explainer · 8 min
- The six spines, and why you need one Explainer · 7 min
- Why being in Utah changes the plan Reference · 6 min
- Set up a bench Reference · 6 min
- The safety charter Reference · 10 min
- The notebook, and the build log Skill · 8 min
- How to read a datasheet Skill · 10 min
- How to read a paper Skill · 8 min
Phase 1: First contact
- Project A: The SpikerBox Project · One afternoon
- Project B: One channel of you Project · Two evenings
- Project C: Muscle to motion Project · One evening
- Project D: Eyes as a joystick Project · One evening
- Project E: The zero-dollar version Project · One evening
- Tool: The Web Serial plotter Tool · 15 min to set up
- What was that sound? Explainer · 12 min
- Why so small? Explainer · 14 min
- Why the hum? Explainer · 10 min
- What the spectrum did Explainer · 14 min
- Alpha and the back of the head Explainer · 10 min
- The artifact bestiary Explainer · 12 min
- Soldering, breadboards, and the multimeter Skill · 1 hour of practice
- Python for signals Skill · 1 hour
Phase 2: Build the instrument
- Project A: The ADS1299 board Project · A semester of evenings
- Project B: Reverse-engineer a bought board Project · Two weeks of evenings
- Project C: Make your own electrodes Project · Two evenings plus drying time
- Project D: The phantom head Project · One weekend
- Project E: The eight-channel EMG armband Project · Two weekends
- Project F: The software pipeline Project · Two evenings
- Instrumentation amplifiers, properly Explainer · 15 min
- The electrode-electrolyte interface Explainer · 12 min
- Analog to digital Explainer · 15 min
- Noise, and where the microvolt goes Explainer · 14 min
- Electrical safety, with the numbers Explainer · 12 min
- Digital filters, and what they do to time Explainer · 16 min
- Artifact removal, three ways Explainer · 12 min
- Spatial filters and montages Explainer · 12 min
- KiCad to JLCPCB Skill · A weekend to learn, then evenings
- Firmware and SPI for a biopotential chip Skill · A weekend
- Lab Streaming Layer and PsychoPy Skill · One afternoon
- The characterization report Skill · One evening after the measurements
Phase 3: Read intent
- Project A: The SSVEP speller Project · One afternoon to a demo, a week to a speller
- Project B: The P300 speller Project · A weekend to a month
- Project C: Motor imagery Project · Months, on and off
- Project D: Your own ERPs Project · Two weekends plus the IRB
- Project E: The sleep band Project · A month of evenings and a few nights
- Project F: Reproduce a paper Project · Two to four weeks per paper
- Project G: Neurofeedback, and how to test whether it does anything Project · A week to build, a month to test
- Project H: Play Project · A weekend each
- Event-related potentials and oscillations Explainer · 14 min
- Classification done honestly Explainer · 18 min
- Bayesian decoding and the Kalman filter Explainer · 16 min
- Deep learning for EEG Explainer · 12 min
- Designing an experiment that can fail Explainer · 12 min
- Statistics for small experiments Explainer · 14 min
Phase 4: The brain behind the signal
- Project A: Neurons from the equations up Project · Two weekends
- Project B: The forward and inverse problems Project · Two weekends
- Project C: Prosthesis simulators Project · One weekend
- Project D: Neuromatch Academy Project · Three weeks in July, plus a month of preparation
- Project E: Large-scale neural data Project · Two to three weekends
- Neuron biophysics Explainer · 16 min
- Synapses and plasticity Explainer · 12 min
- Neural coding Explainer · 14 min
- Where oscillations come from Explainer · 14 min
- Motor cortex and the systems BCIs target Explainer · 12 min
- Sleep neuroscience Explainer · 12 min
- Sensory systems as prosthesis targets Explainer · 12 min
- A reading order for Kandel Reference · One chapter a week
Phase 5: Build for a person
- Project A: A speller for someone with ALS Project · A semester
- Project B: Control for a real user Project · A semester
- Project C: Silent speech Project · A month of evenings
- Project D: Sensory substitution Project · A weekend each, plus weeks of wearing
- Project E: Haptic feedback for a prosthetic hand Project · A month of evenings
- Project F: An adaptive game controller Project · A month
- Competitions: Bench to Bedside, DEBUT, and RESNA Project · An academic year
- Needs finding Explainer · 12 min
- Design controls and the design history file Explainer · 14 min
- Risk management and the FMEA Explainer · 12 min
- Human factors and use error Explainer · 12 min
- Regulatory pathways Explainer · 14 min
- Privacy, neuroethics, and the abandoned implant Explainer · 14 min
- Universal and accessible design Explainer · 10 min
Phase 6: Beyond the scalp
- Project A: Electrode fabrication Project · A semester in a lab
- Project B: Build a lab a rig Project · A semester
- Project C: Other windows on the brain Project · A month each
- Project D: Stimulation, studied properly Project · A month
- Project E: Intracortical data Project · A month
- Neuromodulation, mechanisms and evidence Explainer · 16 min
- Stimulation safety and electrochemistry Explainer · 12 min
- Electrode materials and the foreign body response Explainer · 12 min
- Packaging, power, and telemetry Explainer · 12 min
- The Utah Array, a history Explainer · 10 min
- The industry landscape Explainer · 12 min
Threads
- The research ladder Thread · Two years, starting now
- The clinic Thread · Ongoing from year one
- Portfolio and writing Thread · An hour a week, forever
- The math track Thread · Alongside the phases
- The reading track Thread · An hour or two a week
- Community Thread · An evening a month
- Career forks Thread · One conversation per path by sophomore year
- The calendar Thread · Check each September and January