When we say that science has figured out a way to have brain-
controlled devices help paralysis, we don't mean to cure it
(yet), unfortunately. We mean to help those with paralysis live
day-to-day life! We're talking moving objects with your mind,
because mentally controlling artificial limbs and mobility
devices would be a big step forward toward more independent
living. "We can literally influence the wiring of the brain,
rewiring the brain, so to speak, to allow them to make new
neural connections, and hopefully to restore movement to a
paralyzed arm." About 6 million Americans live with paralysis,
so any advancement in this field would be warmly welcomed.
Advancements like, perhaps, a rhesus monkey in North Carolin,
using only its brain, controlling the walking patterns of a
robot in Japan. Or a monkey to move a virtual arm and feel
sensations from it. Both of those things have happened. How
about using the oxygen levels in a certain part of the brain to
create a system of allowing a person to say "yes" an