Patra Caesar
12-04-2005, 05:23
Let's hope he does not run Windoze... Well it seems as if the Cyborg are almost here, which is great news for sci-fi fans and apocolyptists.
Source (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12826930-13762,00.html)
Man's brain wired to computer
April 12, 2005
DOCTORS have wired the brain of a quadriplegic man to a computer, enabling him to turn his television on and off and play the video game Pong.
Matthew Nagle, 25, has been a quadriplegic since a knife attack four years ago in the US state of Rhode Island. He is the first patient to control external devices by means of electrodes implanted in his brain.
The system helping Mr Nagle is called BrainGate and comprises about 100 hair-thin electrodes implanted a millimetre deep into part of the motor cortex of Nagle's brain that controls movement.
These lead to a computer which translates them into movements of a cursor.
[edit]What happens if he eventually can be connected to the internet so he can chat with people then someone hacks into his brain?
Source (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12826930-13762,00.html)
Man's brain wired to computer
April 12, 2005
DOCTORS have wired the brain of a quadriplegic man to a computer, enabling him to turn his television on and off and play the video game Pong.
Matthew Nagle, 25, has been a quadriplegic since a knife attack four years ago in the US state of Rhode Island. He is the first patient to control external devices by means of electrodes implanted in his brain.
The system helping Mr Nagle is called BrainGate and comprises about 100 hair-thin electrodes implanted a millimetre deep into part of the motor cortex of Nagle's brain that controls movement.
These lead to a computer which translates them into movements of a cursor.
[edit]What happens if he eventually can be connected to the internet so he can chat with people then someone hacks into his brain?