A group of researchers from the Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) in Columbus, Ohio has developed a new brain-computer interface which restores both movement and sense of touch to the limbs of patients with spinal cord injuries (SCIs). Even though such technology has already been tested in the past, what makes the new system remarkable is...
Scientists are close to devising technology that uses the brain’s encoding and muscle control commands to allow people who have lost the power of speech due to paralysis to talk again. Image: People who cannot speak due to paralysis may soon be able to relearn the skill. Recent research led by Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, finds that the brain generates speech sounds in a similar...
