29006 - BEYOND HUMAN (IN-PERSON)
Course Description
Join this very interesting program offered in partnership between Siegal Lifelong Learning and the Great Lakes Science Center. The program will feature a lecture and a private exhibit tour highlighting some of the ways Case Western Reserve University research and technology are being used to improve the human body and how we live.
RECONNECTING THE HAND AND ARM TO THE BRAIN (ReHAB): USING NEUROTECHNOLOGY TO RESTORE THE ABILITY TO MOVE AND FEEL AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY AND PARALYSIS
A. Bolu Ajiboye, PhD, Robert & Brenda Aiken Professor of Biomedical Engineering, CWRU, Biomedical Engineer, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Center for Functional Electrical Stimulation
Thursday, April 9 | 4-5:30 p.m. ET
Spinal cord injury has devastating effects, resulting in paralysis and the loss of ability to perform everyday activities. Through the ReHAB project, researchers at CWRU and the VA Medical Center are developing technology that will allow people with the most severe cases of paralysis to regain the ability to perform simple but meaningful activities of daily living. As featured in news outlets including the The New York Times and 60 Minutes, Dr. Ajiboye will describe how the technology works and show the impact it has had on people who have participated in the research program.
Landmark Centre Building, 25700 Science Park Drive, Suite 100, Beachwood
SUPER HUMAN: POWER OF TECHNOLOGY EXHIBIT
Thursday, April 16 | 2–4 p.m. ET
Private tour led by museum staff of the Super Human: Power of Technology exhibit currently on display at the Great Lakes Science Center.
Great Lakes Science Center, 601 Erieside Avenue, Cleveland
Price includes lecture, museum tour, and parking at the Great Lakes Science Center. Guests should park in the GLSC garage, take a ticket and bring it into the GLSC for validation.