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Uploaded by on Oct 7, 2011

Seven years after a motorcycle accident damaged his spinal cord and left him paralyzed, 30-year-old Tim Hemmes reached up to touch hands with his girlfriend in a painstaking and tender high-five. For more information about the trial, visit UPMC.com/BCI.

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  • Science is beautiful :)

  • The accomplishment of Tim Hemmes and the whole UPMC team is no less than that of Neil Armstrong and NASA. Amazing stuff - what a time to be alive!

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  • @pikifrina I respect your passion. I don't want animals to be in pain.

    I love animals; people most of all.

  • @TheLouloudia Environmental science is beautiful :)

  • He will command a robot army and take over the world!!

  • @ThatSingingMac I agree 100%

  • @bwaryn are you that dumb?

  • there is no justification for what they are doing to those animals

  • gives me some hope that if i ever break my neck snowboarding maybe ill be able to move again lol

  • Extreme Fap!

  • Try it on urself NOT MONKEYS!

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