Architecting Discovery: A Model for How Engineers Can Help Invent Tools for Neuroscience

Edward S Boyden; Adam H Marblestone

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.023

Architecting Discovery: A Model for How Engineers Can Help Invent Tools for Neuroscience

Neuron. 2019 May 8;102(3):523-525. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.023.

Authors

Edward S Boyden¹, Adam H Marblestone²

Affiliations

¹ MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: esb@media.mit.edu.
² MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: amarbles@media.mit.edu.

PMID: 31071286
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.023

Abstract

How can engineers help invent tools for neuroscience? We here explore a model for how engineers can choose problems and map out possible technologies that help address them. We also discuss design principles of tools and the role of failure.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Engineering*
Humans
Inventions*
Neurosciences*