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Sensor-fitted mouthpiece enables tongue-controlled joystick

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Sensor fitted mouth piece lets user control a joystick with their TONGUE to move objects on a computer screen  [In] Brace is a plastic mouth piece fitted with sensors and a joystick Users place a transmitter behind their ear and can control  objects on a screen The device could be used to help those with … Read more

Brain stimulation enables blind patients to ‘see’ the alphabet 

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A pioneering solution to blindness bypasses damaged eyes and delivers visual information directly to the brain, allowing people to ‘see’. US researchers have used brain-implanted electrodes that allow blind people to artificially see and record a sequence of letters. The electrodes trace shapes on the visual cortex – the region of the back of the … Read more