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Paralyzed man walks after bluetooth connects his brain and spine
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joeqsmith:
"A man paralyzed by a cycling accident is able to walk again after an experimental operation by neuroscientists and surgeons in Switzerland."

tom66:
Amazing technology, I wonder what the route to mass usage would look like?  It seems to be highly specialised right now, and requires a long training period, but even if you had to spend 100kEUR on every patient, it would be worth it for allowing someone to be able to do normal daily tasks again.
nctnico:

--- Quote from: tom66 on May 31, 2023, 08:19:11 am ---Amazing technology, I wonder what the route to mass usage would look like?  It seems to be highly specialised right now, and requires a long training period, but even if you had to spend 100kEUR on every patient, it would be worth it for allowing someone to be able to do normal daily tasks again.

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The technology behind it is pretty old though. 15+ years ago I had a short venture into brain-machine interfacing which already showed compelling demonstrations albeit the heavy lifting was done using a PC with a standard EEG digitizer. With embedded platforms becoming more powerfull, these systems can be made portable. So mass usage is pretty close.
tszaboo:
What a fascinating success story! I'm sure they will get much better results over time and with new techniques.
Berni:
Nice stuff.

Tho bluetooth is not really the kind of tech id want for something like that. Never had bluetooth devices work as reliably as proprietary RF solutions.

Then again the 'bluetooth' could have also been made up by the journalists as an easy way to explain to a layman that it is wireless.
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