[ccozan]

It is fascinating. But looking at this guy condition, playing games would be IMHO not the prio. I would hook up the remote controlling to a robotic exoskeleton, for just be back and function normal. I guess that also can be detected ( intention to move feet or hands in any direction ).

But let's see, we are really at the beginning.

[wilg]

Your idea is that the priority should have been, instead of first getting a mouse working on his laptop, to hook him up to some kind of robotic exoskeleton?

[Firaxus]

Of course, but that’s going to take so much more time and effort. You can see how much joy this man is in just having the autonomy to move a mouse again. That’s honestly amazing.

[timschmidt]

Better than an exoskeleton is a second implant below his C4/5 to reconnect his spinal chord with his brain via wifi.

[johnsimer]

That is very likely neuralink’s plan

IIRC they are doing that test in pigs right now

[DoesntMatter22]

Neurolink has already said that this is the plan. This is one of the first steps.

They are solving the easiest things first of course

[modeless]

I don't think it can simultaneously control the dozens of degrees of freedom that a robot would have. Yet. You only need three degrees of freedom for a mouse with button. That alone is transformational for a quadriplegic.

[justrealist]

Well I don't think those exoskeletons even really exist yet. So baby steps.

[logtempo]

there is good works done in this article:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06094-5

https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/brain-computer-interfa...