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Audio long read: The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch

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Using a Ray to Decode a Human's Intentions

Aci boya is now expanding the repertoire of command signals his system can decode, such as those for grip force. He also wants to give b c i users a sense of touch, a goal being pursued by several labs. In 20 15, team led by neuro scientist robert gaunt at the university of pittsburg in pennsylvania reported in planting an electrode into the hand region of a person's somato sensory cortex. When they used the electrodes to stimulate nurons, the person felt something akin to being touched.

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