'Brain wi-fi' reverses leg paralysis in primate first

[TriGuN]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37914543

An implant that beams instructions out of the brain has been used to restore movement in paralysed primates for the first time, say scientists.

Rhesus monkeys were paralysed in one leg due to a damaged spinal cord.
The team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology bypassed the injury by sending the instructions straight from the brain to the nerves controlling leg movement.

Experts said the technology could be ready for human trials within a decade.

Spinal-cord injuries block the flow of electrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body resulting in paralysis..

 

[Bobbin]

/turns on the microwave
/people start falling over themselves

 

[Bobbin]

Sorry couldn't help it anyway that is a pretty awesome bit of tech!

 

[Pilgrim]

Brings a whole now meaning to "it was because of LAG"

 

[Slootvreter]

What about sensation?

 

[TriGuN]

What about sensation?

Wifi orgasms? Is that what you were thinking?
The idea is certainly a money maker.

 

[grok]

Wifi orgasms? Is that what you were thinking?
The idea is certainly a money maker.

Funny the nerves in the nether region were also the first other application I came up with..

/flame on :crylaugh:

 

[porchrat]

An innovative solution.

I imagine there will be a few teething problems but wow... to be able to walk again, even with potential for interference... imagine how that would feel for a paraplegic... or even a quadriplegic.

 

[Slootvreter]

Wifi orgasms? Is that what you were thinking?
The idea is certainly a money maker.

It was not what I was thinking, but it is now!

 

[P924]

The real question is: who is Brian Wifi.

 

[Ninja'd]

Funny the nerves in the nether region were also the first other application I came up with..

/flame on :crylaugh:

Your body has become resistant to the blue pill?

 

[grok]

Your body has become resistant to the blue pill?

Nah I'd choose the red pill every single time..

 

[SoulTax]

A quadriplegic with this technology inserted would be come the perfect patsy assassin. Imagine the court case.
"But Mr War Vet, your fingerprints are all over this weapon and there is video footage of you firing it, do you deny firing this weapon and killing the victim?"
"No I dont deny that it was my body that did it, but I am telling you that someone else was using me like a god damned video game!"