A new advanced control of a robotic arm has been achieved using a paralysed woman's thoughts. Jan Scheuermann, who is 53 and paralysed from the neck down,
was able to deftly grasp and move a variety of objects just like a
normal arm. Brain implants were used to control the robotic arm, in the study reported in the Lancet medical journal.
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Dec 20, 2012
Brain Implant Improves Thinking
Scientists have designed a brain implant that sharpened decision making
and restored lost mental capacity in monkeys, providing the first
demonstration in primates of the sort of brain prosthesis that could
eventually help people with damage from dementia, strokes or other brain injuries.
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