Walking on a treadmill is no great feat, unless your legs are being moved by a robotic device connected to your brain. A new brain-computer interface allows a person to walk using a pair of mechanical leg braces controlled by brain signals (above), as reported on arXiv. The device has only been tested on able-bodied people, and while it has limitations, it lays a foundation for helping people with paralysis walk again. Its an important step toward helping people with lower limb paralysis, said biomedical engineer Matt Fifer of Johns Hopkins University, who has done similar work but was not involved with the study. But there are lots of challenges still, he said.
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amazing this is where we are in health advancements.
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Ah man, now I have to grow back my fingerprint. I had seared them off in case I needed to be ready for a bank robbery on the fly.
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I'd be happy with mannequin attention. Sometimes, you take it where you can get it.
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We are so close to getting a handle on fixing this people killer disease.
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now what do we tip them?
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I remember when I had Primeco.
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This would be amazing.
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I would be excited about this except this means we will still be way behind many other countries speed. A little at a time I guess.
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that's commitment I do not have.
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this seems so logical now.
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Sign me up for that. i hate screens where i can't touch anything.
Nicolas Nguyen Interesting. Can't wait to try it.
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amazing what kind of image you can get.
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now all i need is a car.
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Pretty cool looking and Matthew Mcconaughey does the voice on their commercial so two thumbs up.
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I'd end up with the dog standing on it for me.
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It's nice to transfer some animal traits to our world.
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About dern time.
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As usual, I want everything there except the fork food nazi. no thank you.
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I wish I would have seen this before christmas.
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I will not miss my big box of cords that I have to carry with me just in case I need some random sized plug in.
yes it is! amazing what technology and creative minds can do for people