Current Events > Paralyzed man walks after bluetooth connects his brain and spine

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https://youtu.be/oQyzSZkoYM4

Incredible.

If he connects a mp3 player, and puts on Stayin' Alive, does he do that Travolta strut?

I liked that movie Upgrade, is this part 2?

Questionmarktarius posted...

If he connects a mp3 player, and puts on Stayin' Alive, does he do that Travolta strut?

No, but if somebody with airpods walks by and interferes with the signal he'll do the worm.

It's amazing things like this that should be world news rather then the garbage media reguarly feeds us.

Prismsblade posted...

It's amazing things like this that should be world news rather then the garbage media reguarly feeds us.

Yep. The local news station here USED to report on things like this, but for at least the past decade, they've been a bunch of ghouls and mostly like to report on people dying, usually through getting killed in car wrecks.

Prismsblade posted...

It's amazing things like this that should be world news rather then the garbage media reguarly feeds us.

this is the world news

mercurydude posted...

they've been a bunch of ghouls and mostly like to report on people dying, usually through getting killed in car wrecks.

drugs, alcohol and high speed doesn't mix. it's how these accidents happen.

This is amazing.

That's amazing

I saw this on the news last night, totally blew my mind.

s0nicfan posted...

No, but if somebody with airpods walks by and interferes with the signal he'll do the worm.

I'm actually curious how they prevent bluetooth interference. If I walk too close to my microwave while wearing bluetooth headphones, the signal starts to get lost. For me that's a song popping in and out. But for him it could be completely collapsing, leading to potentially deadly head injuries.

Psuedo_Audacity posted...

I'm actually curious how they prevent bluetooth interference. If I walk too close to my microwave while wearing bluetooth headphones, the signal starts to get lost. For me that's a song popping in and out. But for him it could be completely collapsing, leading to potentially deadly head injuries.

Realistically the bluetooth connection is most likely more of a temporary solution to allow further research into the sending/receiving end without needing as much surgery for the patient volunteers. Long-term I would assume both ends would be connected by subdermal fiber optics or something like that.

I'm not sure I would spend the time optimizing recordings to send over bluetooth for a temporary solution. It's incredibly hard to compress and send these signals with high fidelity.

Psuedo_Audacity posted...

I'm not sure I would spend the time optimizing recordings to send over bluetooth for a temporary solution. It's incredibly hard to compress and send these signals with high fidelity.

It's a chicken and egg thing. They may not have been able to get permission to run wires down someone's body to test the technology. Yes, it means lots of effort making the wireless approach work well, but if the only alternative is "don't do the research at all" than it's a reasonable compromise.

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That would be fun. It'd be like Remember Me but not dystopian.

Prismsblade posted...

It's amazing things like this that should be world news rather then the garbage media reguarly feeds us.

too true lol

"Did you hear what this person said on twitter?! More at 11."

s0nicfan posted...

It's a chicken and egg thing. They may not have been able to get permission to run wires down someone's body to test the technology. Yes, it means lots of effort making the wireless approach work well, but if the only alternative is "don't do the research at all" than it's a reasonable compromise.

If you have approval to implant a device into somebody's brain, pretty much everything else to support that device would likely be approved too. My guess is that this was a decision that was made explicitly because there's a desire for these implants to be wireless (as they would be less cumbersome, less prone to damage).

That is utterly incredible. Good luck to him.

I have this playing in my head after seeing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pUaeLtXM_A

Wow! What a major breakthrough !

not fake news?

deoxxys posted...

not fake news?

no, pretty cool stuff

s0nicfan posted...

It's a chicken and egg thing. They may not have been able to get permission to run wires down someone's body to test the technology. Yes, it means lots of effort making the wireless approach work well, but if the only alternative is "don't do the research at all" than it's a reasonable compromise.

It was probably the easiest way to prove that it works.
Adding a wire gives you two options, have it outside or inside the body.
Both options can cause complications, which can be skipped this way.
Now when they have proved that it actually works, they can start working on making it better.

This topic will get to 50 posts and be forgotten about.

But citi bike will get a part three.

For those saying "interference," don't things have to be connected? Or not necessarily "auto connect to everything!"

My pacer uses Bluetooth to send info to my phone. Though it doesnt show up when I search for nearby Bluetooth devices.