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Sensor Implant Controls Computer

07/12/2006 3:00 PM

The New York Times reports that a paralyzed man with a small sensor implanted in his brain was able to control a computer, a television and a robot "using only his thoughts". Matthew Nagle, a 26-year old former football star, was able to move a cursor, open e-mail, play a simple video game and draw a crude circle. The implant system, known as the BrainGate, is being developed by Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems of Foxborough, Massachusetts.

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Sensor Implant Controls Computers

07/13/2006 12:05 AM

We are Borg. Resistance is futile. You are to be assimilated. State your designation. Enough Star Trek humour. I think that in the future this can be developed to be useful for other things. I guess that the first image that comes to mind is that of Steven Hawking using the devices that allow him to communicate. This implant could become a much-evolved device that would have a much more simple interface in a manner of speaking. The progress is of course dependent on the continual evolution of circuitry, as well as more detailed understanding of the circuitry of the human brain. Star Trek is not the only thing that comes to mind. Several years ago there was a Clint Eastwood movie, Firefox, I think, that dealt with the technology that allowed a fighter pilot to think, rather than physically act t execute commands. Of course this is all Sci-Fi fantasy, but this technology could certainly have some place with the disabled, if no one else.

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