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Paralysis Patient Tastes Freedom Through Thought Control

Groundbreaking research is allowing quadriplegics to control objects with a robotic arm and the power of their thoughts.

Groundbreaking new research is allowing quadriplegics to control objects with a robotic arm and the power of their thoughts. A study involving a brain-computer interface developed at Brown University in Rhode Island, shows that people who have lost the use of their limbs can perform basic functions by manipulating the technology with their minds. The findings of the study, conducted in April last year, will be published in the May issue of the science journal ''Nature''.

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