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They've already done one round of clinical trials on people with this? I wonder what the profile is of their average volunteer. It sounds pretty cool right up t
by icey 17y ago
They've already done one round of clinical trials on people with this? I wonder what the profile is of their average volunteer. It sounds pretty cool right up to the whole "implanting a device in your skull" part.
- robg 17y agoBrainGate used severely paralyzed adults from "spinal-cord injury, stroke, or muscular dystrophy". Like with anything implanted, the biggest concern is infection but which can be easily monitored at the implantation site. Similar work has used locked-in patients (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-In_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-In_syndrome).
- dmix 17y agoIf you've ever watched The Diving Bell & the Butterfly you can understand that this could be a big deal to thousands of people.
- joeyo 17y agoTetraplegic.