Neuroscientists and neurosurgeons have re-established communication between the brain and spinal cord, allowing a paralysed person to walk again. Sky's SkyNewsThomas shares more on the so-called brain computer interface 👇 Read more 🔗 📺 Sky 501
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerA 40-year-old man was able to walk again thanks to a 'digital bridge,' which wirelessly connects the brain a region of the spinal cord.A paralysed man has been able to walk again after communication was re-established between his brain and spinal cord using a wireless"digital bridge".
The so-called brain computer interface is made up of two electronic implants, one each in the brain and spinal cord.The former is placed above the region of the brain responsible for controlling leg movements, and can decode the electrical signals generated when we think about walking.Working together, scientists say the groundbreaking technology"transforms thought into action" - repairing the broken connection between the brain and the region of the spinal cord that controls movement.
The first patient was a 40-year-old Dutchman, engineer Gert-Jan Oskam, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a bike accident while working in China in 2011.
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