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The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch

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A paralysed man uses a brain-computer interface connected to his brain through his head controls a prosthetic arm and hand

A person with paralysis controls a prosthetic arm using their brain activity. Credit: Pitt/UPMC

James Johnson hopes to drive a car again one day. If he does, he will do it using only his thoughts.

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Nature 604, 416-419 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01047-w

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