| |
|
Braingates and neuroports
|
| |
London, UK (Electronic Engineering Times): One step closer to remote control (and of considerable potential benefit for various kinds of disabilities): Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc. (Foxborough, Mass.) has demonstrated the use of an implantable microelectrode array that combined with a digital signal processing system forms its so-called "BrainGate" interface, which has been used to allow thought to control a television.
The company also said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for limited use of a similar interface called Neuroport. NeuroPort is not intended to enable patients to control a computer with their thoughts. It is intended for temporary monitoring and analysis of electrical activity in the brain, the company said.
For more information, please visit:
newsletter.eetimes.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hm7a0HKdUk0FrK0DJDk0El
|
|