Q&A: Wireless Power for Neural Stimulation

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Published September 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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Prof. Jacob Robinson and a team of researchers at Rice University (Houston, TX) developed a prototype of an implantable neural stimulator — the size of a grain of rice — that needs no batteries. Instead, it is powered wirelessly by means of an externally applied magnetic field.