This week saw a paper published by a German, Italian, Swiss, and American academic team regarding a successful research project where three participants with tetraplegic spinal-cord injuries (paralyzed from the shoulders down) successfully controlled an electric wheelchair with their minds. This included navigating, steering, turning, and controlling the speed of the chair through a hospital obstacle course with an impressive 95 to 98% accuracy.

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@fatslothslim Such AMAZING news and progress on this project. Really glad to read this this morning. Good news is so hard to find these days. This is absolutely epic good news. ❤️

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You got that right! This is great news!
My dad had polio in his legs which had many obstacles for him. That was before any handicap accessible laws were in place and that was pretty bad enough.
I'm so glad someone is researching this.

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