Paralyzed use brain waves to move

A device that reads brain waves may give paralyzed patients a way to control prosthetic limbs without needing brain implants, medical investigators say.

The brain-computer interface experiment, released Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, comes amid rising interest in such devices.

Paralyzed patients may someday lead more normal lives if scientists can translate brain activity into words and motion.

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2004-12-06-paralyzed-brain-waves_x.htm

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For all of you who have found this information of interest, here’s an update on new technology.

Brain Chips Give Paralyzed Patients New Powers http://www.matr.net/article-19837.html

Seven years after a motorcycle accident damaged his spinal cord and left him paralyzed, 30-year-old Tim Hemmes reached up to touch hands with his girlfriend in a painstaking and tender high-five.

Posted by Anita Srikameswaran

Full Story: http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/paralyzed-man%e2%80%99s-mind-moves-prosthetic-arm/?utm_source=Futurity+Today&utm_campaign=06a51f54ad-October_1710_17_2011&utm_medium=email

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Paralyzed man’s mind moves prosthetic arm http://matr.net/article-46831.html

Implanting Hope – For the first time, a paralyzed patient has operated a prosthetic arm using just his mind. http://matr.net/article-13607.html

"Brain computer interface" may help paralyzed communicate. http://matr.net/article-19499.html

Wireless Brain-to-Computer Connection Synthesizes Speech http://matr.net/article-37065.html

Man Controls Robotic Hand with Mind http://matr.net/article-44821.html