A microchip implanted in the brain of a quadriplegic man has allowed him to move his limbs, just by thinking about it.
A study published in “Nature“ on April 13 details how the ”neuroprosthetic brain implant system” has enabled the once immobile man to move his right arm.
Ian Burkhart, a 24-year-old from Dublin, Ohio, became a quadriplegic in July 2010 when he suffered a spinal cord injury. In an uncanny accident, Burkhart dove into a forceful wave while on a North Carolina beach. Dragged underwater by the ocean’s power, the then-college freshman broke his neck against the sea floor, leaving him instantly paralyzed.
Now it is just something that is so fluid. It's kinda like it was before I had my injury.
, quadriplegic
