There is a clear need to help people who have brain or spinal-cord damage to communicate and interact with the outside world. Progress to that end is being made with brain-implantation technology.
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Scott, S. Converting thoughts into action. Nature 442, 141–142 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/442141a
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