Alcaide founded Neurable after his uncle lost both legs in an accident
Ramses Alcaide · When your headphones listen to you with Ramses Alcaide of Neurable · Aug 31, 2023 · at 1:51
Ramses Alcaide, CEO of BCI company Neurable, discusses the childhood origins of his interest in brain-machine interfaces and prosthetics.
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“Really, the idea of Nurbel, and kind of the concept of what I've dedicated my life to started when I was about eight years old. My uncle got into a trucking accident in Mexico, and he, you know, he lost both his legs, and it was really intense time for the family. We brought him from Mexico to the United States to get his prosthetics made, and my uncle's kind of a genius, you know. He, he's been an inventor all his life. He's always been a hard worker, And seeing him through that struggle and seeing how unnatural the prosthetic systems he started using were that's what really motivated me into how do I leverage this curiosity that I have with electronics and computers to try to make something more natural for him.”
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