An Avatar-like Remote Control System For Your Brain

Mind Reading Computer System May Allow Paralyzed People To Communicate and Control Robots, NSF

“Imagine living a life in which you are completely aware of the world around you but you’re prevented from engaging in it because you are completely paralyzed. Even speaking is impossible. For an estimated 50,000 Americans, this is a harsh reality. It’s called locked-in syndrome, a condition in which people with normal cognitive brain activity suffer severe paralysis, often from injuries or an illness such as Lou Gehrig’s disease.”

Think about this: this is clearly one of the major steps in the path toward creading the human/machine interface used inthe film “Avatar” wherein a paraplegic person was able to remotely control an “avatar” body. The same technology could aid astronauts n the operation of various robotic vehicles in remote and hazardous locations.