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Washington – SANA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A paraplegic patient can use smartphones and tablets simply by thinking about what he wants to do with the help of sensors implanted in his brain, concluded a recent technological experiment.
"Previous experiments have had some success in using brain sensors connected to modified computers to help paralysis patients write up to 8 words per minute," said Jamie Henderson of the Faculty of Medicine from Stanford University in California. The current experience is essentially to help patients to use a tablet PC and a smartphone without any particular modification. "
The experiment only focused on three patients, two of whom were unable to move their arms and legs and the third was paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury. Then transfer these signals to a device using Bluetooth technology and designed to work as a computer mouse connected to a wireless computer, a Google Nexus 9, that scientists have not changed.
Participants in the experiment were able to help the sensor and wireless mouse navigate popular Tablet PC programs, send messages to relatives, friends, and research team members, and to 22 moves of tasks and clicks per minute using different applications.
The team of doctors, scientists and engineers who conducted the experiment according to which the device used in the current experiment could allow people to move the arms of the mechanism or take over the limb control despite loss of mobility due to injury or illness.
"The peculiarity of the experience is that it does not require any modification of tablets, but can be applied to the same devices as healthy people," said Steven Chase, deputy director of neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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