Introduction

Paralysed patient Googles using brain to tablet connection

Paralysed patient Googles using brain to tablet connection

Patient T6, a lady paralysed by ALS, is able to control a Nexus tablet with her brain waves. As part of the BrainGate program, Dr. Paul Nuyujukian and his team from Stanford University, California, implanted a microarray chip in T6’s brain that allows her to control the tablet via existing Bluetooth protocols.

“Basically the tablet recognized the prosthetic as a wireless Bluetooth mouse,” explained Nuyujukian. “We pointed her to a web browser app and told her to have fun.”