 Hope For Paralysis Victims?, You have to read this! |
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 Dec 2 2005, 09:02 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 4,300 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Linix, DOS and Windows…the good, the bad and the ugly Member No.: 9,787  myCENT:46.50  |
Have a look at this device.
It just might work. It is faster than the laptop I am currently using to post this message and way smaller / lighter. Just might do what they are looking for. $149 US ??? That's cheap. But it will require millions of dollars to research and program, I'd guess. |
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Dec 2 2005, 11:00 PM
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Trap Double Mocha Member  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 2,258 Joined: 5-November 05 From: That one place over there... Member No.: 13,830 myCENT:26.44 |
Well today in biology I actually figured out what happens to those nerve cells. They only grow at the very begining of your life and if you hurt them or whatever or lose them they don't grow back like all other cells. If they could come up with something that basically replaces their nerve it would be a miracle.
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Dec 3 2005, 04:10 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: 30-November 05 Member No.: 15,159 |
QUOTE(semeticsister @ Dec 1 2005, 07:29 PM) I heard somewhere that scientists have developed a way to help paralysis victims regain movement of their bodies again! How it works: Some electrical nodes are placed on the person's brain, and hooked up to a series of computers and machines. The person simply "thinks" of moving their leg, for instance, and that electrical brain impulse is transmitted through the nodes and all the wires, where it reaches the muscles. The muscles convert the impulse into a nerve message and then moves. How cool is that?! If only Chris Reeve were alive to see this...would've made all the difference in the world. Please comment on this, this is very interesting and I would like to hear your thoughts!!!   Yes i have heard much about this. It actually developed from fake arms or legs that took back movement and turned it into arm movement. They have perfected this technology to ge safer by using gold rods or something like that to case the wires so the hazard of the wires is reduced. I do believe the operation does not cost too much but i don't have exact numbers to post, there might be several government web sites on this development or some hospitals might post thier research on the web. |
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Dec 3 2005, 07:36 AM
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Braindead by Default Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 5-November 05 From: United States of America Member No.: 13,837 |
QUOTE(jlhaslip) Have a look at this device. It just might work. It is faster than the laptop I am currently using to post this message and way smaller / lighter. Just might do what they are looking for. $149 US ??? That's cheap. But it will require millions of dollars to research and program, I'd guess. A very interesting find, jlhaslip, but keep in mind that prices of new products always drop. If it could use a computer of that power, some an internal electrical system (using electricity generated by the body/brain), a program that could calculate the conversion algorithms, and some micro-thin wire to carry the current, this method may actually be avaliable (read: possible) at the present date, for probably not too much more than it would cost to have any other type of major surgery (still a lot, however). QUOTE(Zorkaplex) Yes i have heard much about this. It actually developed from fake arms or legs that took back movement and turned it into arm movement. They have perfected this technology to ge safer by using gold rods or something like that to case the wires so the hazard of the wires is reduced. I do believe the operation does not cost too much but i don't have exact numbers to post, there might be several government web sites on this development or some hospitals might post thier research on the web. Are you referring to the technology that goes with converting nerve impulses into eletric data, and then back to nerve pulses, or to the currently-used mechanical limbs (hooks) that move, as you said, by flexing one's shoulder? |
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Dec 4 2005, 01:14 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 4-December 05 Member No.: 15,309 |
That would be really cool if there was a way to "undo" paralysis. My brother is paralyzed from the waist down from when his camry got sided by an SUV. I was watching something about this about a month ago where they had someone moving a mouse on a computer screen with his mind.
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