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maribouApparently direct implantation of electrodes into people's brains is allowing them to do some really cool stuff just by thinking really hard.
http://www.jsonline.com/alive/news/dec04/281287.asp
"It was like a battle between the computer and my inner computer," said Chandra Malmquist, 36, of Stoughton, one of two patients. "There were times when we were done for the day and I said, 'No, I want to keep doing this.' "
Over the course of the 10 days she was in the hospital, Malmquist said, she became fairly adept at moving the cursor across the screen and hitting a bar target, similar to the video game Pong.
She said she tried a variety of ways to control the cursor, such as imagining sounds or making faces.
"The most effective way was for me to scrunch my body really tight and (think) about yelling," she said. "Each day I got better."
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online
http://www.jsonline.com/alive/news/dec04/281287.asp
"It was like a battle between the computer and my inner computer," said Chandra Malmquist, 36, of Stoughton, one of two patients. "There were times when we were done for the day and I said, 'No, I want to keep doing this.' "
Over the course of the 10 days she was in the hospital, Malmquist said, she became fairly adept at moving the cursor across the screen and hitting a bar target, similar to the video game Pong.
She said she tried a variety of ways to control the cursor, such as imagining sounds or making faces.
"The most effective way was for me to scrunch my body really tight and (think) about yelling," she said. "Each day I got better."
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:06 pm (UTC)