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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT>From the <A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/health/13BRAI.html">New York Times</A>:
Can a machine read a person's mind? A medical device company is about to find
out. The company, Cyberkinetics Inc., plans to implant a tiny chip in the brains
of five paralyzed people in an effort to enable them to operate a computer by
thought alone. The Food and Drug Administration has given approval for a
clinical trial of the implants, according to the company. <BR>The melding of man
and machine has long been a staple of science fiction. Indeed, the participants
in Cyberkinetics's clinical trial, who have not yet been chosen, will have a
cable sticking out of their heads to connect them to computers, making them look
something like characters in "The Matrix." Though Cyberkinetics is not the first
to try neural control in people, it seems the most intent on bringing a product
to market, perhaps by 2007 or 2008. Started in 2001 and based in Foxborough,
Mass., the company has raised $9 million for the project. <BR><A
href="http://www.cyberkineticsinc.com/">Cyberkinetics</A> is a leader in the
rapidly emerging field of brain computer interfaces. Cyberkinetics' technology
allows for the creation of direct, reliable and bi-directional interfaces
between the brain, nervous system and a computer. The development of safe,
robust implants for recording from, and or stimulating, the brain surface will
open the potential to study other complex signals from the brain. Cyberkinetics
technology platform, called BrainGate may allow breakthrough applications which
leverage the translation of thought into direct computer
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