Blog has moved to Backyard Brains

Over the past six months, I have been devoting my attention to getting Backyard Brains off the ground. The majority of my online presence is now devoted to that site, and it has its own blog now in the news section. I typically update it every 1-2 weeks. MarzulloHead Queries is dissolved!

But, as a final note, I was recently married! Happy Days!

SpikerBox Pitch

My colleague Greg Gage and I are in the process of submitting grants so that we can transition Backyard Brains from prototype to production. See our video pitch for a grant we submitted today for the NCIIA (National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance) Advanced E-Team!

Backyard Brains Launched

All of my spare time the past few months has been devoted to getting the $100 spike operational as my colleague Greg Gage and I try to start up our company "Backyard Brains, Inc." Check us out! Accepting preorders soon!

Yes folks, we were playing, in real-time, spikes out of my car stereo last week trying to impress the folks on the sidewalk as we were cruising. It was quite fun, because when Greg would stick the prep out the window of the car, the wind stimulus would increase the spike rate!

Here is me showing the prototype to my Lab Manager (that is her hand holding the tweezers to tickle the leg barbs on the cockroach).

Yes, We got a Spike

My colleague Greg Gage has designed a rather nice amplifier for recording spikes from the cockroach leg, and we are now in the commercialization process. For validation and comparison purposes, I also built an amplifier based on previously published designs. Tonight, finally, after 10 years of neuroscience education, I recorded a spike in my home workshop. The El Camino feels neglected.

Bopper back on the road!

Hooray! I drove it out of the garage this morning after 7 months!

You can also see pictures of the assembly here.