Thursday, April 14, 2016

4/15 tech article


  • Scientists have created a chip in the brain that "reanimates" a paralyzed man's hand

  • 5 years ago, Ian Burkhart was paralyzed from the neck down from a car accident

  • 2 years ago, he volunteered at at Ohio State University's development of reanimation technology 

  • This chip sends his thoughts to his hand bypassing his spinal cord

  • Burkhart has to be connected to a computer to be able to have function in his hand 

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