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    VA Medical Centers Working on Brain-Controlled Leg Prosthesis a team of researchers from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach, California have [made] progress with a robotic leg prosthesis controlled by EEG signals. As you might expect, things remain a bit limited at this point — not amounting to much more than the ability to start and stop — but the researchers say they’ve been able to achieve a 100 percent response rate with no “false alarms,” and that the results are promising enough to begin tackling additional degrees of freedom like turning and sitting. …The system has so far only been tested on able-bodied individuals, [but] the researchers hope that it will eventually be able to aid those with spinal cord injuries and aid in rehabilitation. (via Researchers tout progress with brain-controlled robotic legs — Engadget)

    VA Medical Centers Working on Brain-Controlled Leg Prosthesis

    a team of researchers from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach, California have [made] progress with a robotic leg prosthesis controlled by EEG signals.

    As you might expect, things remain a bit limited at this point — not amounting to much more than the ability to start and stop — but the researchers say they’ve been able to achieve a 100 percent response rate with no “false alarms,” and that the results are promising enough to begin tackling additional degrees of freedom like turning and sitting.

    …The system has so far only been tested on able-bodied individuals, [but] the researchers hope that it will eventually be able to aid those with spinal cord injuries and aid in rehabilitation.

    (via Researchers tout progress with brain-controlled robotic legs — Engadget)
     
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