Researchers have now used direct stimulation of the human brain surface to provide this basic sensory feedback through artificial electrical signals, enabling a person to control movement while performing a simple task: opening and closing his hand.
Technology for reading signals directly from the brain could provide a way for people with movement disabilities to communicate.
You may now be wondering how long it will be before we can unlock a door, turn on a kettle, or even send an email simply by thinking about it.
A device the size of a matchstick, implanted next to the brain’s motor cortex, could one day help paralysed people move their limbs.
DARPA wants to develop a tiny device that would translate the electrochemical language of the brain into the 1s and 0s of computers.
In the next decade, people who have suffered a spinal cord injury or stroke could have their mobility improved or even restored through a radically new technology: implantable devices that can send signals between regions of the brain or nervous system that have been disconnected due to injury.
Paralyzed patient can now type and surf the internet with a neural implant and tablet.