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Disabled Patients Mind-Meld With Robots


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Semiautonomous robot

A semiautonomous robot can be controlled with the brain waves of paralyzed patients.

Credit: Jos del R. Milln

They're not quite psychic yet, but machines are getting better at reading your mind. Researchers have invented a new, noninvasive method for recording patterns of brain activity and using them to steer a robot.

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