A woman who is completely paralyzed below the neck has regained the ability to reach out and interact with the world around her thanks to the most advanced brain-computer interface for operating a robotic arm so far.
In February, surgeons implanted two four-millimeter-by-four-millimeter electrode arrays into the participant’s motor cortex, the region of the brain that initiates movements. Each chip has 96 electrodes and is wired through the skull to a computer that translates her thoughts into signals for the robotic arm. The work, performed by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, is reported in the latest issue of The Lancet.
To read the full, original article click on this link: University of Pittsburgh Researchers Report That a Paralyzed Woman Can Execute More Complex Movements By Using Her Thoughts to Control Robot Prosthetic | MIT Technology Review
