Brain-machine interface for the paralysed.

chrismb · Post by **chrismb** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:29 pm

http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/portal ... nology.xml

The paralysed can get to the back of the queue. I want my computer/exoskeleton interface!!

kunkmiester · Post by **kunkmiester** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:08 pm

Don't need an implant for a exoskeleton:
http://gizmodo.com/5206539/mass-product ... ewcomments

though with the external sensors working off the signals in the muscles, this doesn't help those with nerve damage. Still, for my power armor, it's fine.

If the BMI can be made safe enough, I wouldn't mind getting one, but getting a chip put in my head is a big step to take without a really really good reason. Putting it on peripheral nerves would help, but if I can do what I want with external systems, that's preferred.

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:16 pm

People with amputated hands have been able to control the prosthesis by electrical signals generated on the skin for quite some time.

chrismb · Post by **chrismb** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:23 pm

Interfacing with mechanical limbs is so passé! I'm more interested in the bits suggesting interfacing with computers and, thus also, the possibility of [hard-wire] interfacing directly with humans. I want to understand how the species thinks, because it is clearly beyond my direct understanding at the moment.