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brain-computer interfaces
The brain is electric. We can hack it to control bodies, restore movement, and even read minds. Experiments show we can control cockroaches with electrodes, and humans can move robotic limbs with their thoughts.
- 🪳 Cockroaches were controlled by hijacking their nervous systems with electrodes to stimulate their antennae.
- 🦾 Paralyzed patients can control robotic arms with their minds by implanting chips in their motor cortex.
- 🖐️ Ian Burkhart can move his own paralyzed hand using a chip in his brain that stimulates his muscles.
- 💡 Nathan Copeland can feel through a robotic hand by stimulating his somatosensory cortex.
- 🗣️ "Locked-in" patients can communicate using eye-tracking technology or brain-computer interfaces that translate thoughts into speech.
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