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Paralytic control a robot by thought

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Paralytic control a robot by thought

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Patient moving the robotic arm.

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Two patients with quadriplegia achieved with thought control a robotic arm and take a drink without help for the first time in 15 years, a study in the United States.
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The technique, which is published in the journal Nature, involves using a sensor implanted in the brain that is linked to a computer, translate electrical signals into instructions
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I could not believe what I saw when I could drink coffee without help. I was ecstatic. I felt hope and a huge sense of independence «Cathy Hutchinson
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Electrocortiografía consists in applying the electrodes directly on the brain surface
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The name of the procedure is that in direct contact with the cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, a surgical procedure in which electrodes are implanted under the skull, says the BBC for technology issues, Jason Palmer

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