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A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley | TED Tech

The TED Interview

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Paralysis - A New Technology That Turns Thoughts Into Text

Millions of people around the world ask themselves a version of that question after they or a loved one loses their ability to communicate due to illness or injury. To day, we'll be hearing from tom oxley, a neural techontripanur whose research into assistive technology for neurological disorders may offer some answers. A few months ago, i surrendered the password to my twitter account to let a person with paralysis twet out their thoughts. Philip o'keef can't use his fingers to type like you or i, but thanks to a tiny brain implant, he was able to send the following tweets. I created this tweep just by thinking it. My hope is that i pave

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