• In the immediate future, patients will be able to control electronic devices with their motor intentions.
  • Reconnecting the brain to the patient's own limbs is on the roadmap for the future, but it's years away.
  • Patients can control a prosthetic hand and arm or mouse and keyboard with their thoughts.
  • This technology works by transforming electrical signals from the motor cortex through the brainstem and spinal cord.
  • This is just the beginning and it's not an easy undertaking.

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