#brain-implant

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6 Years Ago, He Was Paralyzed. Now? He Can Play Guitar…This Is Amazing! Ian Burkhart was just a teenager when he lost all movement in his hands and legs.

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Are Cyborg Warriors a Good Idea?

The Pentagon is funding brain-implant research aimed at creating neurally “enhanced” soldiers.

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MIT researchers have developed a new fuel cell that runs on the sugar glucose; they hope the cell will be useful in powering efficient brain implants for paralyzed patients.

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The BrainGate neural interface system will allow severely disabled individuals, including those with traumatic spinal cord injury and loss of limbs, to communicate and control common everyday functions by thought alone.

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Reflecting a convergence of skills and advances in electrical engineering, materials science and neurosurgery, researchers have developed a flexible brain implant that may make possible a whole new generation of brain-computer interfaces for treating neurological and psychiatric illness and research.