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Hi-Tech Implant Helps Paralyzed Man Walk More Naturally

May 27, 2023 ndml8 0 Comments Hi-Tech, implant

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A Dutch man with paralyzed legs can now stand and walk, thanks to a wireless brain-spine interface that responds to his thoughts by moving his legs.Gert-Jan Oskam, 40, suffered a spinal cord injury 11 years ago from a bike accident in China that left him

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A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will.

May 25, 2023 admin 0 Comments brain, implant

Sticking an electrode inside a person’s brain can do more than treat a disease. Take the case of Rita Leggett, an Australian woman whose experimental brain implant changed her sense of agency and self. She told researchers that she “became one” with her device. She was devastated when, two years later, she was told she