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04-07-2005, 04:50 PM
Control-by-thought chip (http://eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160403453)
The "BrainGate" is the control-by-though chip that Cyberkinetics is testing. It is implanted on the brain and picks up signals from brain activity and (I assume) interprets the response, forcing some kind of output. Its lesser brother, the "NeuroPort," used for monitoring brain activity for short periods of time, got FDA approval.
[A] paralysed man in the U.S. became the first person to benefit from BrainGate, which effectively allows him to use his thoughts to control a television. ... "As of March 31, 2005, two patients have been implanted and are active in the pilot BrainGate trial," Cyberkinetic said.
This paragraph bugs me, but I can't place it...
[R]esearchers have shown that that it is possible to train people to move a computer cursor while wearing a cap with 64 electrodes that pick up brain waves. This has the advantage of being non-invasive.
Maybe it's the "humans can be trained" part. Maybe it's the "no-shit" part about wearing an electrode hat being less invasive than having a chip implanted on the surface of your brain.
Still, if they can get this thing to work, that's one giant leap for cyborg-kind!
The "BrainGate" is the control-by-though chip that Cyberkinetics is testing. It is implanted on the brain and picks up signals from brain activity and (I assume) interprets the response, forcing some kind of output. Its lesser brother, the "NeuroPort," used for monitoring brain activity for short periods of time, got FDA approval.
[A] paralysed man in the U.S. became the first person to benefit from BrainGate, which effectively allows him to use his thoughts to control a television. ... "As of March 31, 2005, two patients have been implanted and are active in the pilot BrainGate trial," Cyberkinetic said.
This paragraph bugs me, but I can't place it...
[R]esearchers have shown that that it is possible to train people to move a computer cursor while wearing a cap with 64 electrodes that pick up brain waves. This has the advantage of being non-invasive.
Maybe it's the "humans can be trained" part. Maybe it's the "no-shit" part about wearing an electrode hat being less invasive than having a chip implanted on the surface of your brain.
Still, if they can get this thing to work, that's one giant leap for cyborg-kind!