Teaching the brains of paralyzed people to communicate

By Michael Cook One of the most terrifying accidents imaginable is to become paralyzed and to be unable to speak. Fortunately, scientists are gradually learning how to interpret signals from the brain and translate them into letters, words, and eventually speech. In a milestone for brain-computer interfaces (BCI), researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have shown …

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