by Ken Alltucker, Arizona Republic
The brain-computer interface technology could one day be used to help people with limited mobility regain their movements, said David Adelson, a Phoenix Children’s Hospital neurosurgeon who is conducting the experiment with Arizona State University researchers. Adelson provided some examples of how the technology could be useful. A quadriplegic could flip a light switch or type an e-mail, an amputee could use a prosthetic arm to reach for a cup or a stroke patient could regain movement. “What we’re trying to see is can you create learning in the brain in areas that don’t have that function,” Adelson said.
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