Aadeel Akhtar
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Aadeel Akhtar is a neuroscientist and electrical engineer. He is CEO of PSYONIC,[1] which makes biointegrated technologies. In 2021, he was named one of MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35[2] and was featured in Newsweek’s “America's 50 Greatest Disruptors: Visionaries Who Are Changing the World.”[3]
| Aadeel Akhtar | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Loyola University Chicago University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Bionics |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.aadeelakhtar.com/ |
Education[edit]
Akhtar earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience and M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016. He received a B.S. in Biology in 2007 and M.S. in Computer Science in 2008 at Loyola University Chicago.[4]
PSYONIC[edit]
Akhtar launched PSYONIC in 2015 while a graduate student at the University of Illinois.[5] The company released its first product, the Ability Hand, nationwide in 2021.[6] It is the fastest bionic hand in the world with sensors that attach to the users’ remaining limb, allowing them to control the hand with their arm muscles.[7] It is also the first hand on the market to give users touch feedback, so they can feel what sensors in the fingertips are experiencing.[8]
He says that he was first inspired to work on affordable and accessible prosthetic limbs when he met an amputee as a child on a family trip to Pakistan.[9]
Additional Research[edit]
Akhtar and PSYONIC also develop artificial tendons and collaborate with Northwestern University’s John Rogers on flexible patches that provide haptic feedback through the skin for augmented reality applications.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "October 2019 O&P Almanac by AOPA - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ↑ "Aadeel Akhtar". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ↑ Staff, Newsweek (2021-12-15). "America's greatest disruptors: medical marvels who are pushing the technological boundaries of healthcare". Newsweek. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ↑ "Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch". IEEE Spectrum. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-13. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Aadeel Akhtar". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ↑ Williams, Wayne (2020-11-20). "The Psyonic Ability Hand". Bionics For Everyone. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ↑ "Bionic hand aims to help people with limb loss and differences with daily living". WMAR. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ↑ "Bionic hand offers strength, sense of touch to amputees". WGN-TV. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ↑ Superhumans are Real: Exploring the Prosthetics Industry, 2019-12-16, retrieved 2022-01-13
- ↑ "Capturing the sense of touch could upgrade prosthetics and our digital lives". Science News. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
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