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 Approval sought for Brain Implant

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Date posted: 08/11/2003

Cyberkinetics Inc. is currently presenting a conference in New Orleans, to show off it's BrainGate device - a device which the corporation are actively seeping human trial approval from the united states government for. The design of the device, implanted dirrectly into the motor-center of the brain, is to enable paralysied people rto control computers with their brain, directly, Proven to work in monkeys, this device holds the possiblility of directly controlling artificial physical, or virtual limbs directly, as if they were a part of your original body.

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