A totally paralyzed person asked his wife to puraze some soup using only his thoughts. That request, thanks to a brain implant, manifested not in words, but notes. We're getting closer to telepathy with fully locked in paralyzed people. Ben and jerrys has a new podcast called into the mix that features guests talking about how they use their creativity to drive real change.
A groundbreaking new study claims to have found a way for a fully paralyzed person to communicate entirely via thought. But the scientists behind it have a checkered past.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Tori Dominguez and Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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