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Thought-controlled wheelchair in Japan

Researchers at Toyota and Japan's Riken have developed a brain-control system for a wheelchair. The system analyzes thought patterns and translates them into wheelchair movement in a fraction of a ...  
 
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Alexandersig (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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DAAAMN, LIKE XMEN AND SHIT DOG
mumosbombon (1 month ago) Show Hide
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excellent! I hope this will get developed further and made available to as many patients as possible. This could have aplications with the general public too...you could use it to comunicate with different devices and possibly even with people ...a bit like telepathy
fartnox (2 months ago) Show Hide
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only in japan
ascortjkk (2 months ago) Show Hide
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i cant use this since i have a dirty mind
samrees2k9 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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lol
bigdmac (3 months ago) Show Hide
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this is why i love japan
buttonmasher411 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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YAY SCIENCE!!!
RacingInTheName (4 months ago) Show Hide
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pretty sure it is useful.
what do u think its for stupid..
maybe for full paraplegics like steve hawkins or watever his name is
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I am happy for you that obviously you don't have to work with, live with, love, or otherwise know anyone who has to suffer the slow and degrading loss of independence and dignity to a movement-destroying condition or horrific accident. This IS an incredible development for people who can't just get up and WALK away from posts such as this.

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