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2006 Program and Audio Presentations
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Overview Presentations
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Keynote Address
Michael M. Merzenich
Francis Sooy Professor of Otolaryngology
Keck Center for Integrative Neurosciences
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
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Perspectives on Neuroprosthetics from the View of a Neuroscientist and User
Alexander G. Rabchevsky
Assistant Professor of Physiology
University of Kentucky
Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center |
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On the Design of Leg Prostheses: A Perspective from an Engineer and User
Hugh Herr
Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
NEC Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Communication Awards Presentation
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Charles C. Mann
Book Winner
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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Elizabeth Kolbert
Newspaper/Magazine/Internet Winner
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
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Nic Young (accepting the award on behalf of himself and Anna Thomson and Bill Locke)
TV/Radio Winner
Director of The History Channel and Lion Television's "Ape to Man"
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