The URI professor who can read your mind

URI biomedical engineering Professor Walt Besio conducts research regarding thought interpretation. Highly sensitive electrodes translate a person's thoughts into electrical impulses that can be read by a computer. He hopes that these experiments will help in assisting the paralyzed with spinal cord injuries.

Besio is a Recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship, which is administered by the United Negro College Fund. Inspired by his brother who was paralyzed in a car accident, Besio began his study in biomedical engineering, where his invented his ultra-sensitive electrodes.

(Video courtesy of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.)

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