Prof. Patrick Degenaar
@patrickdegenaar.bsky.social
I am a professor of neuroprosthetics at Newcastle University. I specialise in making implantable brain devices to restore sight to the blind
The Jesmond Dene in Newcastle is lovely at any time of year. But this year, the Autumn leaf fall has been particularly beautiful. Well worth a visit if you are a transient visitor or student in Newcastle city.
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Jesmond Dene in Newcastle is lovely at any time of year. But this year, the Autumn leaf fall has been particularly beautiful. Well worth a visit if you are a transient visitor or student in Newcastle city.
Super excited to finally get my DGX Spark AI workstationb(Yay 😁)..... only to realise all tge ports are usbc-c and my keyboards are not... Doh.. will have to wait another day or two to play with it..
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Super excited to finally get my DGX Spark AI workstationb(Yay 😁)..... only to realise all tge ports are usbc-c and my keyboards are not... Doh.. will have to wait another day or two to play with it..
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Wonderful to be part of this fun project! Body powered implants!! 😀
Wonderful to be part of this fun project! Body powered implants!! 😀
New project to transform implantable medical devices
New £2.1 million GLUTRONICS project aims to revolutionise implantable medical devices with a transformative technology that harnesses power from glucose in the body.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Wonderful to be part of this fun project! Body powered implants!! 😀
Wonderful to be part of this fun project! Body powered implants!! 😀
A PhD opportunity in Trustworthy AI systems for Pervasive Healthcare! Application deadline 14th November www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A PhD opportunity in Trustworthy AI systems for Pervasive Healthcare! Application deadline 14th November www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Well done to my PhD student Cong Ma who has published his first paper on "Optimising the Design of Implantable Fuel Cells" www.preprints.org/manuscript/2..., which is part of an EPSRC funded Glutronics project.
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Well done to my PhD student Cong Ma who has published his first paper on "Optimising the Design of Implantable Fuel Cells" www.preprints.org/manuscript/2..., which is part of an EPSRC funded Glutronics project.
It was great to host a fact-finding delegation from South East University, China this week. I was proud to be able to show the standard of our teaching and research here at Newcastle. SEU is a great place. Looking forward to the reciprocal visit.
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It was great to host a fact-finding delegation from South East University, China this week. I was proud to be able to show the standard of our teaching and research here at Newcastle. SEU is a great place. Looking forward to the reciprocal visit.
It's great to have a visiting fact-finding delegation from EEE at South-East University China. Proud to show how we do things here at Newcastle.
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's great to have a visiting fact-finding delegation from EEE at South-East University China. Proud to show how we do things here at Newcastle.
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Great to see progress on robot hands - it's the final piece in the research puzzle before we all get robot butler.
Great to see progress on robot hands - it's the final piece in the research puzzle before we all get robot butler.
What's in a humanoid hand? | Boston Dynamics
YouTube video by Boston Dynamics
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October 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Great to see progress on robot hands - it's the final piece in the research puzzle before we all get robot butler.
Great to see progress on robot hands - it's the final piece in the research puzzle before we all get robot butler.
Newcastle is a wonderfully friendly and welcoming city. So today I was especially delighted to see thousands of ordinary Geordies show up to prevent a few hundred far-right hooligans from giving the city a bad name.
September 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Newcastle is a wonderfully friendly and welcoming city. So today I was especially delighted to see thousands of ordinary Geordies show up to prevent a few hundred far-right hooligans from giving the city a bad name.
I reviewed this fascinating piece of work today at TU Delft. Dutch PhD vivas are somewhat different in format to here in the UK. But in the end it is the quality of the candidate that matters. And happy to say he passed my thorough grilling. 😁
September 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I reviewed this fascinating piece of work today at TU Delft. Dutch PhD vivas are somewhat different in format to here in the UK. But in the end it is the quality of the candidate that matters. And happy to say he passed my thorough grilling. 😁
It was wonderful to give my lecture on "Responsible Use of AI for Engineers" to our new MSc cohort today. A great bunch! and we had fun going through the tools together!
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It was wonderful to give my lecture on "Responsible Use of AI for Engineers" to our new MSc cohort today. A great bunch! and we had fun going through the tools together!
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University life can be fun as well as work! From Friday, Newcastle will host its giant funfair called "The Hoppings", a yearly activity dating back to medieval times.
University life can be fun as well as work! From Friday, Newcastle will host its giant funfair called "The Hoppings", a yearly activity dating back to medieval times.
June 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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University life can be fun as well as work! From Friday, Newcastle will host its giant funfair called "The Hoppings", a yearly activity dating back to medieval times.
University life can be fun as well as work! From Friday, Newcastle will host its giant funfair called "The Hoppings", a yearly activity dating back to medieval times.
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My Egyptian friends at Nile University have opened a junior research competition with the theme: “Young Minds, Global Vibes”
My Egyptian friends at Nile University have opened a junior research competition with the theme: “Young Minds, Global Vibes”
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June 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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My Egyptian friends at Nile University have opened a junior research competition with the theme: “Young Minds, Global Vibes”
My Egyptian friends at Nile University have opened a junior research competition with the theme: “Young Minds, Global Vibes”
Great to have Jason from Synopsys here in @nclengineering.bsky.social to give a seminar on their RTL Synthesis tool
June 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Great to have Jason from Synopsys here in @nclengineering.bsky.social to give a seminar on their RTL Synthesis tool
Equality has unfortunately become unfashionable in some quarters these days. But we absolutely need to inspire the next generation. It was wonderful to read about this collection of female engineers and their contributions to our collective wealth. www.electronicdesign.com/resources/in...
Celebrating Women Engineers and Their Lasting Legacies
Discover the women who are shaping the future with groundbreaking innovations and inspiring leadership.
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March 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Equality has unfortunately become unfashionable in some quarters these days. But we absolutely need to inspire the next generation. It was wonderful to read about this collection of female engineers and their contributions to our collective wealth. www.electronicdesign.com/resources/in...
We have very exciting job posts as part of a collaboration between Oxford, Bath, Sheffield and Newcastle to build a new type of implantable fuel cell for medical devices. Newcastle: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... Bath: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/FM12468 Sheffield: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ247/r...
Research Assistant/Associate in Biomedical Microsystem Design
Research Assistant/Associate in Biomedical Microsystem Design
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February 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We have very exciting job posts as part of a collaboration between Oxford, Bath, Sheffield and Newcastle to build a new type of implantable fuel cell for medical devices. Newcastle: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... Bath: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/FM12468 Sheffield: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ247/r...
If you fancy getting involved in developing an implantable fuel cells, we have some opportunities! the first is for excellent chemical engineers at the lab of Mirella Di Lorenzo - my Bath collaborator on our Vampires project. www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
FM12468 Research Associate in Electrocatalysis for Glucose Fuel Cells - Jobs at Bath
Research Associate
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February 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you fancy getting involved in developing an implantable fuel cells, we have some opportunities! the first is for excellent chemical engineers at the lab of Mirella Di Lorenzo - my Bath collaborator on our Vampires project. www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
It was wonderful to have a visit from Prof. Jong Mo Seo, Seoul National University to here in Newcastle. He gave a great talk on retinal prosthetics and we had lots of fun playing with our femtosecond super-laser!
February 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It was wonderful to have a visit from Prof. Jong Mo Seo, Seoul National University to here in Newcastle. He gave a great talk on retinal prosthetics and we had lots of fun playing with our femtosecond super-laser!
Great to see the Chinese New Year festivities today in Newcastle. It is an interesting image together with the Irish Centre. Both communities actually have historical overlap from the 1840s and co-located in various UK, US cities.
February 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Great to see the Chinese New Year festivities today in Newcastle. It is an interesting image together with the Irish Centre. Both communities actually have historical overlap from the 1840s and co-located in various UK, US cities.
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Every year, the Chinese have a New Year gala on TV to celebrate the new year. This year, they did a joint show with humans and robots! It is still a few years away, but I'm looking forward to having a robot butler that does the dishes!
Every year, the Chinese have a New Year gala on TV to celebrate the new year. This year, they did a joint show with humans and robots! It is still a few years away, but I'm looking forward to having a robot butler that does the dishes!
Dancing robots take the stage at China’s Spring Festival Gala performance
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January 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Every year, the Chinese have a New Year gala on TV to celebrate the new year. This year, they did a joint show with humans and robots! It is still a few years away, but I'm looking forward to having a robot butler that does the dishes!
Every year, the Chinese have a New Year gala on TV to celebrate the new year. This year, they did a joint show with humans and robots! It is still a few years away, but I'm looking forward to having a robot butler that does the dishes!
Daft panic over Deepseek. Two visions for AI: (1) AI that is operated by one or two cloud monopolies with total undemocratic control of the world's information. (2) Private efficient AI’s running on people’s devices under individual control. I prefer the latter!
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UK will not be able to resist China's tech dominance
China's AI success has come from policy and Chancellor Rachel Reeves's recent visit to China highlights the importance of a close relationship.
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January 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Daft panic over Deepseek. Two visions for AI: (1) AI that is operated by one or two cloud monopolies with total undemocratic control of the world's information. (2) Private efficient AI’s running on people’s devices under individual control. I prefer the latter!
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Great to see an adaptive DBS system implanted here in Newcastle: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sunderland Parkinson's patient 'feels cured' with new device
Kevin Hill, who has a computer in his chest linked to a brain implant, says he has his life back.
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January 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Great to see an adaptive DBS system implanted here in Newcastle: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Parkrun is one of the best pro-health institutions in the UK and it is FREE!!!. My local one in the Jesmond Dene is beautiful and the crowd is very supportive. They are all over the UK! www.parkrun.org.uk/events/
January 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Parkrun is one of the best pro-health institutions in the UK and it is FREE!!!. My local one in the Jesmond Dene is beautiful and the crowd is very supportive. They are all over the UK! www.parkrun.org.uk/events/
Holy Moly.. Politicians should not be interfering with science like this.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel
In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.
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January 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Holy Moly.. Politicians should not be interfering with science like this.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...