Woman with paralysis speaks through an avatar 18 years after a stroke, thanks to a brain implant
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A pair of new experiments helped people with paralysis communicate audibly in close to real time.

A pair of new experiments helped people with paralysis communicate audibly in close to real time.

  • El Barto
    11•1 year ago

    I guess it’s all in the name of Science? Or maybe that’s what she wanted.

    Plus:

    “The system appears to be significantly faster and more accurate than previous technologies that attempted similar feats, and it allowed Johnson to communicate using a relatively expansive vocabulary.”

    • Flying Squid
      2•1 year ago

      Faster, sure, but could it really be more accurate than what Hawking had?

      • Deceptichum
        6•1 year ago

        No because he wrote each word by twitching his cheek when the cursor was over the one he wanted.

        Such a system could be implemented with the brain stuff but it’d be just as slow.