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Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant

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Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
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Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
March 25, 2022 at 6:42 pm
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RE: Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
March 25, 2022 at 6:43 pm
Not much longer till we're brains in vats......
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RE: Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
March 25, 2022 at 6:47 pm
(March 25, 2022 at 6:43 pm)Foxaire Wrote: Not much longer till we're brains in vats......

I mean, if you want to argue that out skull is a vat….
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RE: Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
March 25, 2022 at 6:49 pm
That's amazing. I didn't know we were this close to implementing such technology.
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RE: Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
March 25, 2022 at 6:55 pm
(March 25, 2022 at 6:49 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: That's amazing. I didn't know we were this close to implementing such technology.

It’s still pretty slow, though. Just one character per minute. That means it would take him four minutes to simply say “beer.” More complex words would take even longer. A full sentence could take an hour.

But, yeah, there’s some amazing potential here. I can’t wait to see what this technology leads to in 10 or 20 years. Hell, imagine in a hundred years where people who would otherwise be paralyzed are instead fully mobile due to a system of motorized implants throughout their bodies and a brain implant to operate it.
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RE: Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
March 25, 2022 at 7:12 pm
(March 25, 2022 at 6:55 pm)TaraJo Wrote:
(March 25, 2022 at 6:49 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: That's amazing. I didn't know we were this close to implementing such technology.

It’s still pretty slow, though.  Just one character per minute.  That means it would take him four minutes to simply say “beer.”  More complex words would take even longer.  A full sentence could take an hour.  

But, yeah, there’s some amazing potential here.  I can’t wait to see what this technology leads to in 10 or 20 years.  Hell, imagine in a hundred years where people who would otherwise be paralyzed are instead fully mobile due to a system of motorized implants throughout their bodies and a brain implant to operate it.

SkyNet would like a word…

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March 26, 2022 at 1:13 am (This post was last modified: March 26, 2022 at 1:15 am by vulcanlogician.)
(March 25, 2022 at 6:55 pm)TaraJo Wrote: It’s still pretty slow, though.  Just one character per minute.  That means it would take him four minutes to simply say “beer.”

In that case, I'll have an ale.
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RE: Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
March 26, 2022 at 4:34 am
Science and technology fixing gods mistakes again Smile
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RE: Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
March 26, 2022 at 5:00 am
I wonder if the story would have gotten as much coverage if the man had spelled out, 'Hookers. Coke.'

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RE: Man completely paralyzed by ALS asks for a beer via brain implant
March 26, 2022 at 5:13 am
(March 26, 2022 at 5:00 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I wonder if the story would have gotten as much coverage if the man had spelled out, 'Hookers. Coke.'

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He did.

But "beer" is more PC.

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