Paralyzed Woman Controls Robotic Arm With Her Mind

Re:Paralyzed Woman Controls Robotic Arm With Her Mind by clicks on Thursday May 17, 2012 @12:19AM (#3985396)

I know I know, it's not good etiquette here to make short, emotional comments, but -

By thinking about moving her own paralyzed arm, one woman in the experiment used an artificial limb to serve herself coffee for the first time in 15 years.

Seeing her smile at the end of that video just made my otherwise terrible day rather special. And it's such great validation for the team that's working on this technology, I hope they continue to see much success in the future.

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Re:Paralyzed Woman Controls Robotic Arm With Her Mind by icarus_drowning on Thursday May 17, 2012 @12:29AM (#3985430)

Its just so wonderful to see what could otherwise be a frustrating, debilitating experience become something incredibly empowering.

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Re:Paralyzed Woman Controls Robotic Arm With Her Mind by alan_cx on Thursday May 17, 2012 @04:52AM (#3986065)

Finally, a decent use of the word "empowering". Shame I can only up vote you once :)

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