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FY2008-2009 Events

9/22 Professor Hugh Herr of MIT Media Lab speaks at Middlebury College

• We have been included in this open invitation to an event presented by the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering, and will then gather afterward at the Fire & Ice Restaurant, located at 26 Seymour Street in Middlebury for drinks, snacks, or a meal. Hope to see some of you there!
• Professor Herr will explore the concept of a new age when machines will no longer be separate, lifeless mechanisms, but will instead be intimate extensions of the human body. In his presentation, Professor Herr will describe a new era where technology will merge with our bodies and our minds to forever change our concept of human capability. The lecture will feature research work that is blurring the distinction between "able bodied" and "disabled," demonstrating technologies at the neural-digital interface. Professor Herr will introduce sweeping new research initiatives that will soon benefit us all, from techniques to treat conditions such as Alzheimer's disease or depression, to sociable robots to monitor the health of children or the elderly, to the development of smart prostheses that can mimic and even exceed the capabilities of biological limbs.
• Date: September 22, 2009
• Time: 5-6:20pm
• Cost: Open to the general public
• Place: Bicentennial Hall Room, 216, Middlebury College
• RSVP:: This event requires no registration.

FY2009-2010 Events

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