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Originally Posted by Zholl
Chris, what I most want to deal with is the interfacing aspect of the prosthetics, specifically neural interfacing, thus my specific interest in studying neuroscience. Thinking about this, I'd say something along the lines of a computer or electrical aspect with the biomed would make the most sense? Or am I still a bit off base here? I've been having a bit of trouble finding information on getting into this field, so I'm still guessing a bit at what I would need
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In this case, I would suggest you look into
signal processing, which is typically studied in the computer engineering/electrical engineering area. Good knowledge of linear algebra and differential equations are a must in this area.
Signal processing, in a nutshell, is the study of how you process electrical and/or digital signals to either a) encode and transmit them, or b) extract useful information out of them. Part (b) would probably be pretty useful to you (part a as well) - with good signal processing techniques you can figure out how to find that needle of information among the haystack of other stuff. If you want to make things act based upon neurological signals, it will require a lot of signal processing.
Given what you said, I would look into CE/EE with a concentration in signal processing. Take your electives in biology/biomed. (Disclaimer: I am NOT a career or school counselor - I'm just giving you something to look into.)