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Man, I just saw this video and had to share it with you guys! At the University of Minnesota, the folks in the biomedical engineering department have been busy! Per the research paper published at the Journal of Neural Engineering this technology,
…will be valuable in restoring the autonomy of world exploration to paralyzed individuals and expand that capacity in healthy users.
Absolutely ASTOUNDING! So maybe the ridiculousness of Pacific Rim isn’t as far off as we think. From a humanitarian perspective, the application of this technology is quite apparent. Via their YouTube Page:
The technology may someday allow people robbed of speech and mobility by neurodegenerative diseases to regain function by controlling artificial limbs, wheelchairs, or other devices. And it’s completely noninvasive: Brain waves (EEG) are picked up by the electrodes of an EEG cap on the scalp, not a chip implanted in the brain.
Just awesome!
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Thanks to 3Suns over at The Stranded for bringing this to my attention!