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Teen Plays Videogame With Brain Signals

SkyFire360 writes "A team of ECoG (ElectroCorticography) researchers from Washington University in St. Louis successfully wired a young man's brain up to a computer and began reading the neurological firings in his brain. After analyzing the action potentials created when a neuron fires, they were able to get two-dimensional control of a cursor. Taking the research one step further, they decided to connect an old Atari 2600 to the signal processing computer to see if the young man could control the videogame system."

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  1. Re:Did they figure it out, or did he? by kfg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course. How do you think you learned to manipulate objects with your hands? It's called "biofeedback."

    KFG