A brain implant developed in part by a Carnegie Mellon professor can help people who are paralyzed use a computer.
The brain-computer interface allows people to surf the internet, type, even use social media - just by thinking.
Doug Weber, a professor at CMU, was an author on a recent study that looked at four people who used the device in Australia.
"The signals that control movement can be captured with censors placed in the brain, and then channeled out to assistant devices like robotic limbs, computer keyboards and other devices that can bypass the injury."
UPMC and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York will now participate in the device's first US trial. It's been tested in four people in Australia with ALS so far.
UPMC is looking for three people with paralysis in their arms and legs.
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