StoryCollider – Attitude: Stories about inner strength

By Ed Gent | IEEE Spectrum “Scott Imbrie vividly remembers the first time he used a robotic arm to shake someone’s hand and […]

By: Emily Mullin Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going […]

Momentum behind brain-computer interfaces is growing, but experts say that design innovations are needed to help them survive decades in […]

Ian is a C5 complete tetraplegic from a diving accident in 2010. He is the founder of the BCI Pioneers Coalition and the President of the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium. He also runs the Ian Burkhart Foundation to help others with spinal cord injuries.

Implanted with a brain–computer interface for over a decade, longer than anyone in history, he has turned daily research into a series of historic firsts: operating a portable at-home BCI, feeling touch through a neural implant, and creating NFT art with his mind.

James Johnson has built a life defined by resilience and service. As a teenager, he survived a severe gunshot wound while volunteering with the Guardian Angels. That crucible propelled him into healthcare, where he worked as a registered nurse, respiratory therapist, and hospital volunteer around the world.

Dr. J. Galen Buckwalter has spent three decades pushing psychology into new territory. He built eHarmony’s groundbreaking matching engine, led research at USC and Kaiser Permanente, and now fuses human insight with machine intelligence as CEO of psyML.