“Neuroprosthesis” Restores Words to Man with Paralysis

UC San Francisco (UCSF)
UC San Francisco (UCSF)
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Published 2021-07-14
Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a “speech neuroprosthesis” that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating signals from his brain to the vocal tract directly into words that appear as text on a screen.
All Comments (21)
  • @gregorythomas333
    If this technology could be sped up a bit...as in faster decoding-to-speech...the person could use a voice activated controller like Alexa to convert that data into actions making the person much more independent and able to care for themselves.
  • @computer_toucher
    That "actual study footage" had some seriously slanted text compared to the display angle. Was it touched up for readability?
  • @kraigdominic7235
    Ok But when can I get one for my 🐕 Dog. This is one of the coolest breakthroughs I have heard about in a long time.
  • @wendyjones3851
    Paralyzed and cannot speak?! I envisioned the poor guy in the Metallica video. That video haunts me.
  • @NoOnesIdea
    This is a soooo long way to the Cyberpunk 2077 augmentation.
  • @pandoorloki1232
    Translating to sounds rather than written words should be easier and would reduce the error rate.
  • @dr.josephcampbell5448
    WOW!!! 😲😲😲🤔🤔🤔❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Absolutely amazing this is even beyond what my expectations were for this so far. And it is the year for an evolutionary jump! True miracles and magic right in front of your eyes! I love intellectual advancements especially when it's for the good of humanity.
  • @ProleWaifu
    i have to watch for school this is cool and all but how does it have any dislikes
  • @BATMAN_1
    Amazing, this is a whole new era, even marketing now will change.
  • if you could imagine that in 2031...
  • @losernobody2223
    This isn’t accurate so don’t go trying to read people’s minds. People’s minds aren’t something you want to get into