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Connecting the cables

Submitted by adiflesher on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 10:34am.

 

The lecture made me wonder if people who are paralyzed could use the parts of the brain that controled their hands or feet. 

Turns out that at least at some level that may be possible. Scientists have tried to create an interface for a paralyzed man to control an avatar in the popular online world second life.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361822,00.html

I am curious if this is really done through sending signals to parts of the brain involved in the movement of the limbs. How similiar is the pattern of firing to real walking? 

 

 

 

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