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Published online 13 October 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041011-9
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Paralysed man sends e-mail by thought
Brain chip reads mind by tapping straight into neurons.
A pill-sized brain chip has allowed a quadriplegic man to check e-mail and play computer games using his thoughts. The device can tap into a hundred neurons at a time, and is the most sophisticated such implant tested in humans so far.
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