The first fellow to let a robot do digistim will be my hero! Just the
thought of that cold metal finger would scare it out of me! Of course, if
the bot is like Austin Powers fem-bot I might reconsider! LOL (Elizabeth
Hurley)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Overcoming paralysis is a case of mind over matter
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:33:48 EDT
I want the robot arm to do a digital stim, not play games. I'd love to show
the folks from the news what is really practical..lol
john
In a message dated 7/12/2006 4:18:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?
id=mg19125606.200&feedId=health_rss20
Overcoming paralysis is a case of mind over matter
15 July 2006
Celeste Biever
Magazine issue 2560
A MAN paralysed from the neck down by knife injuries sustained five
years ago can now check his email, control a robot arm and even play
computer games using the power of thought alone. Matt Nagle's
extraordinary abilities first grabbed the headlines in March 2005.
Now details of the technology that lets him perform these and other
tasks are published in Nature this week (vol 442, p 164).
Electrodes implanted in Nagle's brain measure the neural signals
generated when he concentrates on trying to move one of his paralysed
limbs. Software trained to recognise different patterns of neural
activity then translates the attempted gesture into the movement of
an on-screen cursor or a robotic arm at Nagle's side. "The
fundamental findings are that you can record activity from the brain
years after injury, that thinking about movement is sufficient to
activate the brain, and that we can decode the signal," ...
