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Cynthia Chestek: Lifelong Maker Uses Brain Waves to Control Prosthetics
Cynthia Chestek has turned her lifelong passion for "making" into a very successful career in engineering. Her team at the University of Michigan has come up with a way for amputees to control prosthetic devices using their brain waves.
Her family connection to the university started with her grandfather Warren Bentz, who attended in the 1940s.
Video- College of Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoKcRtDmKJw
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Cynthia Chestek has turned her lifelong passion for "making" into a very successful career in engineering. Her team at the University of Michigan has come up with a way for amputees to control prosthetic devices using their brain waves.
Her family connection to the university started with her grandfather Warren Bentz, who attended in the 1940s.
Video- College of Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoKcRtDmKJw