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Bionic breakthrough allows people with paralysis to control computers using their thoughts – ABC News

Australian researchers develop a technology which allows people with upper-limb paralysis to text, email and perform online tasks using their thoughts and eye movements….

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Australian researchers have developed a technology which allows people with upper-limb paralysis to text, email and perform online tasks using their thoughts and eye movements.
Key points:

  • The device is inserted without the need for risky open-brain surgery
  • Researchers hope people with paralysis could eventually control robotic limbs
  • The first two trial participants have been able to control a computer using the implant

The Stentrode device is the size of a small paperclip, and rests next to the brain’s…

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