implantables on current society always gives me shivers.
Three patients with high-level quadriplegia have recently gained the ability to smoothly control computer cursors using only their thoughts through implantable BCI technology. After training, one patient surnamed Zhang can now proficiently make phone calls through e-commerce logistics backend. He can communicate with customers, confirm orders, and ensures that goods are delivered on time. Meanwhile, the other two patients, surnamed Li and Zhao, performed backend service work for vending machines, annotating data on items purchased by customers by watching videos.
This is some Torment Nexus shit lmao. The poor fuckers are paralyzed, and now they’ve figured out a way to stick Microsoft Teams directly into their skull? Haven’t they suffered enough? /s
Seriously tho, anyone have the paper? The cool tech here isnt the mouse control - that’s been around since the 90s - but that it’s long-term implantable. I am skeptical that they have solved the implantation issues, that’s a problem still very much in it’s infancy, but it would be cool to hear I’ve just missed it somehow.
this looks to be the paper https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT06944834
Thanks! Unfortunately that’s just the study disclosure, not the paper, though it does confirm that this is a study within the six months after implantation. If we assume the estimates in the disclosure are correct though, they haven’t published yet? Which seems a bit unlikely, but given I haven’t been able to turn up the paper maybe that’s right…?
