From: Grlygrl201@aol.com
Date: Tue Jan 18 2000 - 05:07:22 PST
In a message dated 1/17/00 9:53:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, silly@redhat.com
writes:
<< How about something I can plug into my head?
heh,
C
>>
"The key is what he calls a neurotrophic electrode—a hollow glass cone filled
with recording wires and chemicals that promote nerve growth. When the
electrode is placed in the motor cortex of the brain and hooked to a
computer, it allows a patient to move a cursor across a computer screen,
putting him or her once again in touch with the outside world."
>From "Wiring The Mind"
The Tenth Annual Discover Magazine Awards For Technological Innovation
Editors' Choice/Assistive Technologies
WINNER: Neural Signals and Emory University's Neurotrophic Implant for
Communication
INNOVATOR: Philip Kennedy
>From my fingertips to your eyeballs,
Geege
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