Mind over matter: brain chip allows paralysed man to write
The Hindu
Sensors transmitted brain signals to a computer for translation by an artificial intelligence algorithm into typed text
Paralysed from the neck down, the man stares intently at a screen. As he imagines handwriting letters, they appear before him as typed text thanks to a new brain implant. The 65-year-old is "typing" at a speed similar to his peers tapping on a smartphone, using a device that could one day help paralysed people communicate quickly and easily. The research could benefit people suffering spinal cord injuries, strokes or motor neurone disease, said Frank Willett, a research scientist at Stanford University and lead author of the in the journal Nature.
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