A pair of brain microchips could one day allow those in 'pseudocomas' to communicate whatever they want, a new breakthrough suggests.
The experimental setup of the brain implants, plus the biofeedback device and the spelling program.
"These apparent poor performances are primarily due to the completely auditory nature of these systems, which are intrinsically slower than a system based on visual feedback," the authorsThe first phrase the ALS patient successfully spelled out was a 'thank you' to the lead neurobiologist on his case, Niels Birbaumer.
On day 251 he sent a message to his kid:"I love my cool son". He then asked his child to watch a Disney film with him.On day 462, the patient expressed that his"biggest wish is a new bed", and that the next day he could go with his loved ones to a barbecue.
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