Revolutionizing Paralysis: The Power of Brain-Computer Interfaces to Restore Movement

2023-08-20 08:57:00

Ian Burkhart looked at his hand and imagined closing it. To his surprise, it closed. In 2014, it was the first time that a paralytic regained the ability to move his arm by the sole force of his thought, aided by an implant in his brain. “It was the magic moment that proved it was possible, that it wasn’t science fiction,” enthuses Ian Burkhart, a former volunteer for an experimental brain-computer interface trial. This booming field, where the companies Synchron and Neuralink -of Elon Musk- dominate in particular, aims to use…

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