Brain Implants Help Paralytics Turn Their Thoughts into Text – The New Indian Express

By ANI

CALIFORNIA: Researchers have devised a way to have a major impact on the lives of paralyzed people. A new electrode network system called BrainGate2 allows people with neurological disease or injury to communicate via unmodified computer tablets.

The system uses a set of micro-electrodes implanted in the brain that decode the neural signals associated with the intention of moving a limb, reported Engadget.

Three paralyzed people up to the neck were able to use unmodified tablets to send text messages to friends, surf the Internet and play music with BrainGate2. The system identifies the person's intention to move a wirelessly coupled virtual mouse to the tablet.

Although brain-computer interface technology has been around for a few years now, BrainGate2 allows users to navigate in a completely original, unmodified device and without special features, thus allowing paralyzed users to use devices while loans.