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Five quadriplegic patients are set to begin testing a brain-computer interface developed by Cyberkinetics, known as BrainGate. This innovative system aims to enable individuals with no mobility to control computers, robots, or potentially their own muscles using only their thoughts. If the trials prove successful, a marketable product could be available by 2007. The discussion also highlights frustration over the slow progress in central nervous system repair, despite the apparent simplicity of the concept.
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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.

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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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