In scientific first, brain implant turns paralyzed man’s thoughts into ‘speech’

While Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup screws around with gamer monkeys, another team of scientists has reached a true milestone in neuroprosthetics: enabling a man who can’t speak to generate sentences with his mind. Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) achieved the feat using an implant that decodes full sentences from brain activity. They tested the system on a man in his late 30s, who suffered a brainstem stroke in his teens that left him unable to talk. He now communicates by using a pointer attached to a baseball cap to poke letters on a screen. The man, who asked…

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