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Greg Gage
Neuroscientist + roboticist
Fellows Class:
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Professional Role
Current Titles:
CEO, Co-Founder, Cockroach husbandy, and lead custodian
Current Organizations:
Backyard Brains
Photos
Uploaded Photos
Videos
SpikerBox Commercial Three
Do you yearn to investigate the mysteries of neurons and action potentials on a modest budget? Yes, you can do it! Welcome to the NeuroRevolution.
Projects
Backyard Brains
02/12/2009
–
present
DIY Neuroscience. You too can be a neurosurgeon. No PhD or MD required!
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Biography
Neuroscientist and co-founder of Backyard Brains, an organization teaching kids and amateurs neuroscience through hands-on experiments to see and hear brain signals from living neurons and also via robotic control of ordinary cockroaches.
Fun facts
Favorite meal:
Grilled Cheese and Chips
Vital Stats
- Fellows Class
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TED2012
2013 TED Senior Fellow
- Languages
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English
- Living in
- Santiago, Chile
- Working in
- Santiago, Chile
- Born in
- Detroit, United States
- Gender
- Male
Contact
- @backyardbrains
- Blog
- news.backyardbrains.com
My Tags
Recent Tweets
Recent Blog Posts
- EMG SpikerBox Now Available. Measure Action Potentials in Human Muscles! 5 months ago
- Backyard Brains at SfN Booth #305, across from Nature Magazine 7 months ago
- Insane in the Chromatophores 9 months ago
- Construye tu proprio SpikerBox – Sábado Julio 7 – Inaugural Sud America Workshop – Sign up Today! 11 months ago
- High School Students in Iowa Produce Video of Backyard Brains Experiments. 11 months ago
- ¡Backyard Brains se habla español! about 1 year ago
- SpikerBox Manuscript Published in PLoS ONE, freely available to educators/scientists everywhere about 1 year ago
- First Production Manipulator Shipped, Hecho en Chile, Printed with MakerBot about 1 year ago