In a medical first, researchers harnessed the brain waves of a paralysed man unable to speak – and turned what he intended to say into sentences on a computer screen.
It will take years of additional research but the study, reported Wednesday, marks an important step toward one day restoring more natural communication for people who can’t talk because of injury or illness.
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