Human Studies Show Feasibility of Brain-Machine Interfaces

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Very cyberpunk:

In their first human studies of the feasibility of using brain signals to operate external devices, researchers at Duke University Medical Center report that arrays of electrodes can provide useable signals for controlling such devices. The research team is now working to develop prototype devices that may enable paralyzed people to operate "neuroprosthetic" and other external devices using only their brain signals.

http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=7493

 

[Brian G Turner]

Yep - this is where it nerve impulses to speech muscles are analysed - but they don;t actually have to produce any audible noise, do they? The machines can filter out noise and detect the muscle specific signals to interpret specific commands. Clever stuff.