Communicating Thoughts into Written Text
Bill Nee
This month’s TED Talk, by Neurotech entrepreneur Tom Oxley, titled, “A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text,” describes a leading-edge technology, called Stentrode, which is an implantable brain-to-computer interface that collects and wirelessly transmits information directly from the brain, without a need for open surgery. A stent is implanted in blood vessels in the brain, and those signals are then converted into language.
The power of converting thought into written communication could help restore dignity to people with disabilities. Victims of stroke, Lou Gehrig’s disease, or paralysis could regain their connection with others and attain autonomy through this new communication breakthrough.
Oxley is currently expanding human trials and hopes the technology could help restore the lives of millions of people around the world.
To see this 12:42 minute TED Talk on this remarkable, new medical technology, go to TED.com, click “watch” in the header, then “TED Talks,” then in “Search talks” input “A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text,” scroll a little lower, and click on the talk you selected.
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