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Brain implant turn thoughts to words

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-11/ns-bit111407.php
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FORTY-ONE neurons is a drop in the ocean compared with the hundred billion or so cells that are present in our brains. But those few neurons could help Eric Ramsey talk again. It is eight years since a car accident left Ramsey “locked-in” - aware but paralysed and unable to communicate other than through eye movements. By listening in on a tiny population of cells in his brain, neuroscientists hope to give him back his “voice” - a first for someone with his problems.
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