Thought control of robotic arms using the BrainGate system

A trial funded in part by NIH is evaluating an investigational device called the BrainGate neural interface system. This is a type of brain-computer interface (BCI) intended to put robotics and other assistive technology under the brain's control. By imagining the movement of their own arms, two paralyzed individuals were able to use the BrainGate to make complex reach-and-grasp movements with robotic arms. Credit: The BrainGate Collaboration.

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[ppartsx]

The best part of this video is to see her smile over something so simple for most of us.

There has been amazing advancement in this type of stuff since i was a kid, another 25 years i could see this being a practical option for prosthetic

[lllKyLell]

This made me cry, technology is amazing.

[samuel newsome]

shut up, you stupid moron! how about we paralize you and make fun of you?!?! Ignorant fool.

[Benny Beer]

She's a damn guinea pig. Look at me i'm drinking out of my sippy cup duh duh im a robot now.

[zayaneayoub1]

Masha Allah

[Martha Sarah]

wow

[jamespg93]

it would do more than that. this tech will also be used for everyone, a side goal for this project is to let people control devices they own. so you would be able to change channels on you tv or turn off a light with your thougts

[jamespg93]

i don't think it would work like that. it will will work like it organic counter part. it won't hit someone unless you actually want to hit them

[KjWrobel]

what happens if someone is mad, having a bad mood, you know, when you picture aggression in your head????

[3E88moise]

This is already perfected today but the average person would never know about it

[Andrew Tornadoboy]

I hope I live long enough to see the day when people like this are walking, moving and interacting with the world with almost as much ease as the rest of us

[tenhirankei]

How easy would it be to use this technology to create actual "Cybermen"?