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01APR 2026
Alessandro
BIONIK | BMFTR START-Interaktiv Project
BIONIK – Bidirectional Interface between Neuroorthoses and Users for Interactive Control As of April 1, 2026, the BIONIK project officially launches as part of the BMFTR-funded START-Interaktiv program. With a total funding volume of 0.96 million Euros over three years, BIONIK brings together interdisciplinary expertise in a joint effort with the Institute of Factory Automation […]
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13OCT 2025
Dominik
Run against cancer 2025
Last week, our n-squared lab members took part in this year’s Run Against Cancer (Lauf gegen Krebs) in Erlangen’s Schlossgarten. Together, they managed an impressive 70 laps! The Run Against Cancer raises awareness of the importance of nutrition and exercise therapy and supports research in the fight against cancer. We’re proud to have contributed to […]
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01JUL 2025
Alessandro
ERC Proof of Concept: Helping Children Grasp the World Again
Our prestigious ERC Proof of Concept grant “PlayAgain” just started. For this we are developing a minimally invasive neuromotor interface for children with paralyzed hands following pediatric stroke or hemispherotomy. Building on our discoveries of spared motor neuron activity in paralysis, we will develop gaming-based intention decoding to engage the children in playful rehabilitation. Later […]Our prestigious ERC Proof of Concept grant “PlayAgain” just started. For this we are developing a minimally invasive neuromotor interface for children with paralyzed hands following pediatric stroke or hemispherotomy. Building on our discoveries of spared motor neuron activity in paralysis, we will develop gaming-based intention decoding to engage the children in playful rehabilitation. Later […]
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11APR 2025
Dominik
MyoGestic Published in Science Advances
Our open-source MyoGestic framework, designed as an assisting tool for researchers to decode movement intention using a new wearable sEMG bracelet, has been published in Science Advances. This milestone highlights the potential of our technology to transform neurorehabilitation and opens new avenues for research and clinical applications.Read the paper → | FAU news post → […]
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05APR 2024
Alessandro
1.6 million euros granted through DFG Emmy Noether program
We’re delighted to share that Prof. Dr. Alessandro Del Vecchio, the head of our N-squared Lab at FAU, has secured a significant 1.6 million euros in funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for his exciting Emmy Noether project, DeMOTUS! What’s DeMOTUS all about? Prof. Del Vecchio and his team are on a mission to […]
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05APR 2024
Alessandro
Federal President Steinmeier visits GraspAgain!
In 2015, Mathias Follath, a patient of Dr. Matthias Ponfick, Chief Physician at the Rummelsberg Spinal Cord Center and a member of GraspAgain, suffered a spinal cord injury that fundamentally changed his life. Despite years of rehabilitation, he has not found a cure. This is not an isolated case, as 2,000 people in Germany experience […]
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