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Controlling a Computer With Thoughts?

 

New technology may one day help patients control assistive devices with their thoughts. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences)

 

ScienceDaily (Feb. 18, 2011) — Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have been awarded funding for two projects that will place brain-computer interfaces (BCI) in patients with spinal cord injuries to test if it is possible for them to control external devices, such as a computer cursor or a prosthetic limb, with their thoughts.

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110217124913.htm

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