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·January 6, 2016·6 min read

Blind Woman’s Joy as She is Able to Read the Time, Thanks to Bionic Eye

A British woman is able to read the time clearly for the first time in years after receiving a new bionic eye implant.

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·June 1, 2018·6 min read

Brain Activity Patterns Underlying Fluent Speech Identified

Findings about how the speech center is organized and how fluid speech occurs could lead to the development of neuroprosthetics capable of translating thoughts into speech, researchers report.

Image shows the patient using the robotic arm.

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·October 13, 2016·7 min read

Brain Controlled Robotic Arm Helps Paralyzed Man Feel Again

Using a brain computer interface, researchers help a paralyzed man regain a sensation of touch via a robotic arm.

The image shows different evoked neural signals.

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·August 7, 2015·3 min read

Brain Friendly Interface Could Change the Way People with Spinal Cord Injuries Lead Their Lives

Researchers have developed a brain friendly extracellular matrix environment that could help change the way people with spinal cord injury and prosthetics lead their lives.

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·February 5, 2019·4 min read

Brain Hand Map is Maintained in Amputees with and Without Phantom Limb Sensations

A new MRI study reveals the brain retains neural 'fingerprints' of a missing hand, decades after amputation and regardless of whether the person experiences phantom limb sensations.

This shows the patient controlling the limbs with the bci

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·December 12, 2020·2 min read

Brain Implants Enable Man to Simultaneously Control Two Prosthetic Limbs with ‘Thoughts’

A newly developed simultaneous brain-machine interface allowed a quadriplegic man to control two prosthetic arms with the power of his mind.

This shows a person using the technology to control a prosthetic hand.

·April 1, 2015·3 min read

Brain Machine Interface Allows Amputees to Control Bionic Hand

EEG and brain machine interface allows amputees to move a prosthetic hand, a new study reports.

Image shows hand in an exoskeleton holding an egg.

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·September 22, 2016·5 min read

Brain to Robot: “Move, Please”

Researchers have developed a new robotic exoskeleton system that uses the power of thought control to help move a person's hand.

This shows a woman with a prosthetic hand holding a cup of coffee

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·July 26, 2019·2 min read

Brain-controlled prosthetic hand to become reality

Researchers are developing a sophisticated prosthetic hand that can be directly controlled by the thoughts of the user.

Image shows brain scans from a person who experiences phantom limb pain.

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·October 27, 2016·5 min read

Cause of Phantom Limb Pain in Amputees Identified

According to researchers, a reorganization of wiring in the brain could be an underlying cause of phantom limb pain experienced by amputees.

Image shows a patient using the robotic legs.

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·May 12, 2016·2 min read

Clinical Trial of Robotic Legs Help Patients to Walk Again

Clinical trials are underway for 'robotic legs' that can help those with movement disorders to regain mobility.

Diagram shows the closed loop system.

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·February 3, 2016·3 min read

Closed Loop Stimulation Promises Fewer Side Effects For Parkinson’s Patients

Closed loop stimulation technique offers a significant step forward in developing new methods to treat Parkinson's disease.

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