Researchers in the Netherlands have successfully tested a brain implant that allows a patient with late-stage Lou Gehrig’s disease to spell messages at the rate of two letters per minute.
The new system was tested on Hanneke De Bruijne, a 58-year-old woman in the late stages of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Unable to move any part of her body aside from her eyes, De Bruijne used the wireless computer-brain interface to identify letters by imagining that she was using her right hand. She can now use the system at home to communicate with family and caregivers.
via Gizmodo
Image: Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht
