Alex Baldwin
@axbaldwin.bsky.social
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Open source neuromodulation at USC’s OpenNerve project (OpenNerve.org)
Open source neuromodulation at USC’s OpenNerve project (OpenNerve.org)
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Very flattering free article by Victor Pikov in Neurotech Reports discussing our new paper.
“They may have developed a solution toward a holy grail of bioelectronic medicine: small-fiber-selective vagus nerve stimulation"
www.neurotechreports.com/pages/kHz-bl...
“They may have developed a solution toward a holy grail of bioelectronic medicine: small-fiber-selective vagus nerve stimulation"
www.neurotechreports.com/pages/kHz-bl...
Vagus ner stimulation (VNS), large and small fiber activation, selective neurostimulation,
www.neurotechreports.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Very flattering free article by Victor Pikov in Neurotech Reports discussing our new paper.
“They may have developed a solution toward a holy grail of bioelectronic medicine: small-fiber-selective vagus nerve stimulation"
www.neurotechreports.com/pages/kHz-bl...
“They may have developed a solution toward a holy grail of bioelectronic medicine: small-fiber-selective vagus nerve stimulation"
www.neurotechreports.com/pages/kHz-bl...
Excited to see our work highlighted by @oshwassociation.bsky.social
Now up on the OSHWA site! Our second Healthware Highlight exploring the ways that OpenNerve has committed to the work of open source healthware from the very beginning of its' existence. Read more: oshwa.org/announcement...
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Excited to see our work highlighted by @oshwassociation.bsky.social
Curious how open-source hardware and software can coexist with the highly regulated medical device space? Check out our new review to learn!
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
Building and Sustaining Open-Source Medical Device Projects
The open-source development model has been successfully applied to consumer and enterprise software, and recently to consumer hardware. Medical devices may become a beneficiary of this trend, as open-...
ieeexplore.ieee.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Curious how open-source hardware and software can coexist with the highly regulated medical device space? Check out our new review to learn!
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
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Discover ASCENT on the SPARC Portal—a powerful tool for neuromodulation research. Simulate nerve responses, explore stimulation settings, and analyze activation thresholds using open, FAIR models to accelerate your work. youtu.be/eow1aOG6eog
#NIH_SPARC #OpenScience 🧪
#NIH_SPARC #OpenScience 🧪
Modeling peripheral nerve stimulation on o²S²PARC with ASCENT
ASCENT (Automated Simulations to Characterize Electrical Nerve Thresholds) is an open source platform for simulating peripheral nerve stimulation.
Paper: Musselman, E.D., Cariello, J.E., Grill, W.M., Pelot, N.A., 2021. ASCENT (Automated Simulations to Characterize Electrical Nerve Thresholds): A p
youtu.be
June 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Discover ASCENT on the SPARC Portal—a powerful tool for neuromodulation research. Simulate nerve responses, explore stimulation settings, and analyze activation thresholds using open, FAIR models to accelerate your work. youtu.be/eow1aOG6eog
#NIH_SPARC #OpenScience 🧪
#NIH_SPARC #OpenScience 🧪
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+1 to this.
There's a lot of hype to be skeptical of in AI, and a lot of problems (technical and ethical) that need to be attended to.
But, if you're not impressed by this technology (and not using it to help you work), then frankly, you're very hard to please.
There's a lot of hype to be skeptical of in AI, and a lot of problems (technical and ethical) that need to be attended to.
But, if you're not impressed by this technology (and not using it to help you work), then frankly, you're very hard to please.
May 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
+1 to this.
There's a lot of hype to be skeptical of in AI, and a lot of problems (technical and ethical) that need to be attended to.
But, if you're not impressed by this technology (and not using it to help you work), then frankly, you're very hard to please.
There's a lot of hype to be skeptical of in AI, and a lot of problems (technical and ethical) that need to be attended to.
But, if you're not impressed by this technology (and not using it to help you work), then frankly, you're very hard to please.
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Through the support of our NSF grant focusing on open source medical care we are excited to be working on an Open Healthware Conference in New York in August! Check out the conference website and explore how you can get involved:
healthware.oshwa.org
healthware.oshwa.org
May 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Through the support of our NSF grant focusing on open source medical care we are excited to be working on an Open Healthware Conference in New York in August! Check out the conference website and explore how you can get involved:
healthware.oshwa.org
healthware.oshwa.org
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Butterfly populations are crashing through the floor.
One way people can help is rewilding their gardens. At the very least, mowing lawns less often.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
One way people can help is rewilding their gardens. At the very least, mowing lawns less often.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Plea to gardeners after one of worst years ever for butterflies
Alarmed at declining numbers of the insects, conservationists are asking gardeners to keep grass long.
www.bbc.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Butterfly populations are crashing through the floor.
One way people can help is rewilding their gardens. At the very least, mowing lawns less often.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
One way people can help is rewilding their gardens. At the very least, mowing lawns less often.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sinners is an amazing movie, but if you think about it it’s really just a dark, gritty adaptation of Devil Went Down to Georgia
May 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sinners is an amazing movie, but if you think about it it’s really just a dark, gritty adaptation of Devil Went Down to Georgia
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LA Dog Lovers! Please Reshare! Service Dog will go to a shelter if he doesn’t get rehomed!
May 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
LA Dog Lovers! Please Reshare! Service Dog will go to a shelter if he doesn’t get rehomed!
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These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
May 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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I’m not going to retweet that NOAA propaganda post about deep sea mining.
Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.
Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.
April 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I’m not going to retweet that NOAA propaganda post about deep sea mining.
Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.
Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.
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I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
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Atlanta friends, I want to extend a special invitation to have you join us for a really unique event we're hosting on May 7 called "Wired Lives: Personal Stories of Brain Implants": neuro.gatech.edu/wired-lives-...
Wired Lives: Personal Stories of Brain Implants | Neuro Next Initiative
neuro.gatech.edu
April 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Atlanta friends, I want to extend a special invitation to have you join us for a really unique event we're hosting on May 7 called "Wired Lives: Personal Stories of Brain Implants": neuro.gatech.edu/wired-lives-...
Happy to contribute to open science!
🧪Everyone! CARSS has published their first dataset on SPARC. Check it out!
doi.org/10.26275/6fx...
doi.org/10.26275/6fx...
Acute stimulation and recording of the rat sciatic nerve using a self-sizing and soft closing polymer cuff electrode
Electroneurography (ENG) and electromyography (EMG) recordings of compound action potentials invoked by stimulation via a self-sizing and soft closing polymer cuff electrode.
doi.org
April 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Happy to contribute to open science!
Excellent section titles. Taylor Swift must be so proud to be associated with bioelectronic medicine.
@dr-shlee.bsky.social @dougweberlab.bsky.social
@dr-shlee.bsky.social @dougweberlab.bsky.social
Overcoming failure: improving acceptance and success of implanted neural interfaces - Bioelectronic Medicine
Implanted neural interfaces are electronic devices that stimulate or record from neurons with the purpose of improving the quality of life of people who suffer from neural injury or disease. Devices h...
bioelecmed.biomedcentral.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Excellent section titles. Taylor Swift must be so proud to be associated with bioelectronic medicine.
@dr-shlee.bsky.social @dougweberlab.bsky.social
@dr-shlee.bsky.social @dougweberlab.bsky.social
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All of the talk that NYC was a "ghost town" and "there's no one on the streets" has vanished from the cranks repertoire of cranking.
Every. Single. Piece. Of. Data. Shows that Congestion Pricing is working and fabulously so (and it is also getting more popular!) @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Every. Single. Piece. Of. Data. Shows that Congestion Pricing is working and fabulously so (and it is also getting more popular!) @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
March 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
All of the talk that NYC was a "ghost town" and "there's no one on the streets" has vanished from the cranks repertoire of cranking.
Every. Single. Piece. Of. Data. Shows that Congestion Pricing is working and fabulously so (and it is also getting more popular!) @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Every. Single. Piece. Of. Data. Shows that Congestion Pricing is working and fabulously so (and it is also getting more popular!) @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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This is horrifying.
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is horrifying.
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There’s no evidence that vaccines cause autism.
You know what there IS evidence of, when it comes to causal factors for autism?
Air pollution.
So cars. Including tail pipes, tire particles, brake pads.
And fossil fuel energy-related pollution, industrial pollution, etc.
And not just autism.
You know what there IS evidence of, when it comes to causal factors for autism?
Air pollution.
So cars. Including tail pipes, tire particles, brake pads.
And fossil fuel energy-related pollution, industrial pollution, etc.
And not just autism.
January 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
There’s no evidence that vaccines cause autism.
You know what there IS evidence of, when it comes to causal factors for autism?
Air pollution.
So cars. Including tail pipes, tire particles, brake pads.
And fossil fuel energy-related pollution, industrial pollution, etc.
And not just autism.
You know what there IS evidence of, when it comes to causal factors for autism?
Air pollution.
So cars. Including tail pipes, tire particles, brake pads.
And fossil fuel energy-related pollution, industrial pollution, etc.
And not just autism.
Highly recommend this book, very well written walk through the evolution of the human brain. Good read for neuroscience researchers and non-scientists
January 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Highly recommend this book, very well written walk through the evolution of the human brain. Good read for neuroscience researchers and non-scientists
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"Ants solving a geometric problem and it's amazing."
This is a great example of 'emergent phenomenon':
- None of the ants understand the problem they're solving.
- None of them can see the whole shape.
- A series of small decisions or rules add up to something with a new layer of complexity.
This is a great example of 'emergent phenomenon':
- None of the ants understand the problem they're solving.
- None of them can see the whole shape.
- A series of small decisions or rules add up to something with a new layer of complexity.
Son hormigas resolviendo un problema geométrico y es para flipar en colores.
December 25, 2024 at 5:54 PM
"Ants solving a geometric problem and it's amazing."
This is a great example of 'emergent phenomenon':
- None of the ants understand the problem they're solving.
- None of them can see the whole shape.
- A series of small decisions or rules add up to something with a new layer of complexity.
This is a great example of 'emergent phenomenon':
- None of the ants understand the problem they're solving.
- None of them can see the whole shape.
- A series of small decisions or rules add up to something with a new layer of complexity.
The enemy’s gate is down
Exosuit Muscle Control Steps Closer to Reality
Brain-guided muscle stimulation finds relief with electronic clutch system
spectrum.ieee.org
December 24, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The enemy’s gate is down
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It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
December 24, 2024 at 7:48 AM
It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
Enjoyed this article about how people actually use the Argus II and Orion visual prostheses. Great reminder that 1) user experience is THE most important thing and 2) understanding users is hard. Excited to see how next generation devices from @maxhodak.bsky.social might help!
Aligning Visual Prosthetic Development With Implantee Needs | TVST | ARVO Journals
tvst.arvojournals.org
December 23, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Enjoyed this article about how people actually use the Argus II and Orion visual prostheses. Great reminder that 1) user experience is THE most important thing and 2) understanding users is hard. Excited to see how next generation devices from @maxhodak.bsky.social might help!
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This will be henceforth justifying my rampant procrastination
Meta-analysis (n=52 studies, 195 effect sizes) confirms the incubation effect: taking breaks away from a problem leads to more creative solutions (d=0.39)
APA PsycNet
doi.org
December 19, 2024 at 3:58 PM
This will be henceforth justifying my rampant procrastination