Man with quadriplegia employs injury bridging technologies to move again -- just by thinking

[Yuma]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170328190649.htm

A subject who was paralyzed below his shoulders in a bicycling accident, is believed to be the first person with quadriplegia in the world to have arm and hand movements restored with the help of two temporarily implanted technologies. A brain-computer interface with recording electrodes under his skull, and a functional electrical stimulation (FES) system activating his arm and hand, reconnect his brain to paralyzed muscles.

Video of him moving!

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[BigRedRage]

A different guy was doing the same on a recent episode of Vice on HBO, its pretty cool.

 

[puckhead]

That is incredible! What a huge step to make!

 

[Linderbee]

That is incredible! What a huge step to make!

smh, too soon, man...too soon.

 

[Mainstreet]

Christopher Reeve flashed through my mind when I saw this video.

 

[puckhead]

smh, too soon, man...too soon.

Yikes, I really didn't think that comment through.

 

[BigRedRage]

So can they do the reverse of this and give @puckhead a brain? He's just kind of a zombie right now.

 

[BigRedRage]

So can they do the reverse of this and give @puckhead a brain? He's just kind of a zombie right now.

this either wasnt caught or wasnt as funny as I thought it was.

 

[puckhead]

I'm still on the floor in hysterics.






(they can't all be gold, Jerry)