So, been a long time lurker on these forums but never signed up and posted anything until now and I am need of some advice. Anyways I am kind of at an impasse when it comes to choosing something to study. I know what I want to do but not sure which degree field would be best. I guess I should first start by telling you where these thoughts are coming to better explain what I mean.
I'm currently in the US Air Force as an avionics maintainer on fighter jets and am about to reach my end of enlistment(signed up at 18 and did 4 years). So college will be my next step after I am done with that. Basically what I want to do is something with prosthetics. Being in the military I have sadly seen a few friends come back with missing limbs and received prosthetics to compensate. But the prosthetic is still something that is just attached to their body and doesn't actually interface with his or her body/thoughts. That's sort of what I want to do; creating/developing a way for the body to talk to the machine by just thinking it and also creating the prosthetics that would utilize that technology. I know that sounds very far fetched but seeing some of the technology out(in some situations where it already exists) makes me think otherwise.
My question is what type of degree would best fit that type of study? I know there is no clear cut degree out there for that but I am trying to narrow it down. Obviously there are prosthetist/orthotist degrees but I'm not sure that exactly what I need. It might be good if you are looking at it from a development point of view(creating better prosthetics). But what about a neurology degree for the interaction between the brain and the machine. Also something in biology/medical for the interface between the body and the prosthetic.
As you can see I am kind of at a loss in which path to choose and was wondering if anyone out there might shed some light on my situation.
thx for reading!
