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Chip reads mind of paralysed man

From the Guardian...

A severely paralysed man has become the first person to be fitted with a brain implant that allows him to control everyday objects by thought alone...

Mr Nagle has become the first patient in a controversial trial of brain implants which could help disabled people to be more independent by tapping into their brain waves......The scientists, lead by Professor John Donoghue, a world expert in neurotechnology at Brown University in Rhode Island, used a computer to decipher the brain waves picked up by the implant. In early trials, Mr Nagle learned to move a cursor around a computer screen simply by imagining moving his arm.

This is the way technology should be used.

posted by Hurler @ 11:49 am