Transforming Thoughts Into Deeds

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Cyberkinetics is set to begin trials of its brain-computer interface, BrainGate, with five quadriplegic patients, potentially revolutionizing mobility control through thought alone. The trials are anticipated to commence within months, with a market release projected by 2007 if successful. This technology aims to enable users to operate computers, robots, or even their own muscles without physical movement, addressing a significant gap in central nervous system repair.

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Five quadriplegic patients might be months away from testing a brain-computer interface created by Cyberkinetics, a privately held company in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The company's system, called BrainGate, could help patients with no mobility to control a computer, a robot or eventually their own rewired muscles, using only their thoughts. If the trials go well, a product could be on the market by 2007.

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,61889,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
 
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This is great news, but I just do not understand why CNS repair has alluded us for so many years. On the surface it seems so simple.

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