Friday, November 14, 2008

Brain Implants

Surgeons have implanted a novel neural prosthesis into a paralyzed patient’s brain. The high-tech device enables the patient to communicate his thoughts to a computer, which translates them into spoken words. Nine people so far have received brain-implanted prostheses.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=putting-thoughts-into-action

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