Brain Sensor
From: NASA Tech Briefs Insider - 07/18/2006

A project led by Brown University (Providence, RI) scientists has allowed a
paralyzed man, via electrodes implanted on his brain, to manipulate objects.
The brain sensor is connected to a computer that translates mental commands
into electronic instructions; the patient can now move a computer cursor,
grasp candy with a robotic arm, and open and close a prosthetic hand. He also
opened e-mail and turned up the volume on a television while engaged in
conversation. Still in the trial stage, researchers foresee the sensor
attached to a muscle stimulator system, allowing people with paralysis to
move their limbs again. 

"When asked to think right or think left, the patients were able to change
their neural activity immediately. And their use of the device is seemingly
easy," said Brown neuroscientist John Donoghue, who led the project. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-002.html

Brown University Brain Science Program
http://www.brainscience.brown.edu/

John Donoghue
http://www.brainscience.brown.edu/departments/faculty/donoghue.html

BrainGate
http://www.cyberkineticsinc.com/content/medicalproducts/braingate.jsp

Bionic brains become a reality
http://origin.www.nature.com/news/2006/060710/full/060710-8.html

