Paralyzed man walks naturally, thanks to wireless bridge between brain and spine

Re:Paralyzed man walks naturally, thanks to wireless bridge ... by chromoblob on Monday June 05, 2023 @11:22AM (#36197535)

> These signals travel wirelessly to a headset and then to a laptop in a backpack worn by Oskam, where an algorithm decodes his intended movement.

So it's probably not real-time (how is the laptop's platform implemented?). Then it is a wonder that this works at all.

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Re:Paralyzed man walks naturally, thanks to wireless bridge ... by semihsalihoglu on Monday June 05, 2023 @06:49PM (#36205273)

I remember the Brown prof's demo video, which was about a paralyzed person drawing a circle on the screen. The way it was implemented was by capturing and learning the signals the brain sends (but unable to send to the spine of course) when the person is "thinking of" or "imagining" moving the cursor to the left and right, etc. And then translating those signals to cursor moves. This video explains a similar approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oka8hqsOzg

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