The San Francisco-based Gallo Research Institute conducts experiments that seek to observe electroencephalograph (EEG) waves in laboratory rats subjected to various stimuli. The apparatus for making these observations is a complex system that requires a thick cable connected to a specialized helmet, mounted on a rat's head. The mass and constraining nature of the cable are additional factors in the rat's behavior, which researchers would like to eliminate. To alleviate the constraints of the cable, the Gallo Researchers proposed that a short-range, low power, wireless telemetry device be developed as a drop-in replacement for the cable.

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Creator

• Laplume, Brian G.
• Sperlongano, Brian Matthew
• Knuble, Joseph Janis

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 01B017M

Advisor

• Looft, Fred J.

Year

• 2001

Sponsor

• Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Date created

• 2001-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright