Academics develop mind-controlled wheelchairs for tetraplegics

Get the Full StoryWhen it comes to advancements for people with neurological impairments and paralysis, brain-computer interface BCI projects by Neuralink and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA s Brain Initiative show huge promise, especially when it comes to mobility. There are some huge problems though. Progress on this front is often slow, expensive, and by and large fails to transfer from a lab setting into the real world. But that s not to say that there aren t other organizations making huge strides in BCI tech for people with paralysis. This week saw a paper published by a German, Italian, Swiss, and This story continues at The Next Web

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