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01APR 2026
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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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01JUL 2025
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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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05APR 2024
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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
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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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20SEP 2023
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1.5 Million Euros granted through ERC Starting Grant
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded 1.5 million Euros through the ERC Starting Grant for our research project GraspAgain. Abstract of GraspAgain: Many individuals suffer partial or complete muscle paralysis with no available cures. Even though neural interfaces have the potential to restore motor function with assistive systems, their use is […]
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15JUN 2023
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1.3 million euros in funding – Medical Valley Award & Lifescience-Medizintechnik
We, the N-squared Lab, in collaboration with FAPS and Noxon GmbH, have won a total of €1.3 million in grants for two innovative projects aimed at helping people with hand paralysis due to stroke or spinal cord injury. The Medical Valley Award was granted to our team for the project “GraspAgain,” which aims to develop a non-invasive Brain-Machine-Interface to […]
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