A paralyzed woman has recently done what until now seemed unthinkable -reaching for and grasping a bottle with pure brainpower, and some help from a robotic arm. The feat is not just a personal success, but also a major advancement in neural prosthetics —brain-machine interfaces that use brain signals to control an external device, such as a robotic arm, and in the future, a paralyzed limb.
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