Controlling a cursor on a computer screen to follow an indicated object is now possible. This is a cool feat and perhaps countless who have lost control of their hands either through disease or an injury.
This work was carried out by a group called BrainGate with the one liner, "Turning Thought into Action". It's a group of high profile professionals from different areas that include neurology, engineering, computers, etc. Details of this team here:
http://braingate2.org/researchTeam.asp
They appear to be heavily funded by quite a large number of funding agencies.
This recent work shown in this video is so cool! This present work was related to helping patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Read more information here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-29/watch-two-people-with-brain-implants-control-computers-with-their-thoughts
This work was carried out by a group called BrainGate with the one liner, "Turning Thought into Action". It's a group of high profile professionals from different areas that include neurology, engineering, computers, etc. Details of this team here:
http://braingate2.org/researchTeam.asp
They appear to be heavily funded by quite a large number of funding agencies.
This recent work shown in this video is so cool! This present work was related to helping patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Read more information here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-29/watch-two-people-with-brain-implants-control-computers-with-their-thoughts
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