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Key Excerpts from Article on Website of KGO/ABC Affiliate
KGO/ABC Affiliate, January 4, 2006
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=edell&id=3782726
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=edell&id=3782726
New research shows the power of thinking could be enough to control a computer device. It's a discovery that could someday give amputees and those who are paralyzed power over their lives. He's winning this round of pong, but what's really amazing is how Aaron is playing the game. Aaron Danforth, epilepsy patient: "I have to think of the word 'move' to get it to move to the right." That's right. No hands. Aaron's brain controls the cursor. The computer can detect what he's thinking by the intensity and pattern of his brain activity. Jeffrey Ojemann, M.D., neurosurgeon: "It's remarkable to watch almost as if there's a degree of mind control or something that you only see in science fiction movies."
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