The tech behind a device that might be able to reawaken connections between the brain and the body. There are so many medical advances everywhere we turn it is almost impossible to comprehend what lies in our future. Read more @ http://www.popsci.com/article/science/how-it-works-system-reverses-paralysis
I wonder what it is doing to the sensory system and perception below the cord injury level ? A cat using a leg as a scratch post and not feeling it can be deadly via infection. Moi r > g No
What about the Special Olympics!? Does anyone think it's fair for physically challenged people to repair themselves, depriving the rest of us of trendy fun?
And they never pattern the events for the participants. Why not a Step - Stumble - Fall instead of a Hop - Skip - Jump ( )0( ) this thread is about another magic paralysis machine that reverses the motor effects of SCI. This place was down the street from me in Irvine, California. http://www.corporationwiki.com/California/Redlands/petrofsky-center-for-rehabilitation-and-research-inc/41550848.aspx They even did a made for TV movie. Patients paid, privately. Now we have the new, improved Dana & Steve Reeves Spinal Cord foundation consuming more funds with no product and more local to Moi, at Univ. of California, Irvine. http://www.reeve.uci.edu/ And financed by . . . . What, Me cynical ? I don't get this smile face for cynic. Moi r > g No
Think of "Million Dollar Baby." Where would Clint Eastwood be without SCI? As Sam Gamgee said, "it's an ill wind as blows no one good." A couple of years before he died, Steve Reeves said he thought SCI might be reversed within 5 years. No such luck. But it's a career for researchers and fund raisers. Don't get me wrong. Things like SCI research ought to be well funded, but research must be accountable for useful results, not just "interesting" findings.
Spinal implant created with 3-D printing technology... Chinese Doctors Use 3-D Spinal Implant August 27, 2014 ~ A Chinese boy suffering from a debilitating bone disease has become the first patient with a part of his spine created in a three-dimensional printer. Doctors say he will soon regain normal mobility.
Brain-to-computer technology gives paralyzed California man the chance to walk... Brain-computer link gives paralyzed California man the chance to walk Fri, Sep 25, 2015 - A brain-to-computer technology that can translate thoughts into leg movements has enabled a man paralyzed from the waist down due to a spinal cord injury to become the first such patient to walk without the use of robotics, doctors in Southern California reported on Wednesday.
Paraplegics Could Regain Mobility with new technology... New Study Suggests Paraplegics Could Regain Mobility August 11, 2016 - The first clinical reports on technology that could allow paraplegics to walk again have been released, and researchers say the results suggest the future may offer significant recovery from otherwise paralyzing spinal cord injuries. The study was released in Thursday's Scientific Reports.
The prophets of a brave new world Captains of industry Have visions grand and great designs But none have room for me They see a world where everyone Is rich and smart and young But if I live to see such things Too late for me they come -- Honest Work, Todd Rundgren https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuCOXtDfmBM Too late for me they come.
Research toward a brain-computer interface is under way... Brain-computer Connection Unlocks Possibilities, Both Good and Bad February 06, 2017 Imagine the possibilities that could be unlocked by hooking up your brain to a computer.
With this spinal problem, the spine needs to relay 'feelings' from one place to another. in fact,t he whole body needs to feel whatever it is next to, and this requires nerves to be responding. maybe if we were to observe the nerves are not dead, as then the body would be 'rotting,' as they still consume fuels they will still be alive. this is like having a bio-malfunction or unplugging the transistor chip from the computer and leaving it off the bus - if you were to reinsert it it would work fine, but, then you would need to solder it on, yes? So, the best option is to tease the nerves back into full functions, as it is not a complex thing, but rather quite simple for a nerve to feel, and relay this feeling onto the next nerve. this means that we need to merely make the signal more powerful for a while, to get them feeling again, maybe on these areas? Let's observe first how they lose their feeling? all nerves work until they are overtaxed, or, used so little they will not feel like feeling, yes? if we were to observe that the nerves, somehow, lose their feeling, then that is all we need to know - how do we make them feel again? maybe it is one nerve, maybe it is a whole area of nerves... So, we need to lance them together! this would be where we take a long needle and thrust it through these unfeeling nerves. this would mean that the nerves will show where the non feeling bits are, but, with this 'long needle,' it will show where the 'feelings are lost.' if the needle is a conductor of 'bio energy' like a part of a chemical computer, then it will relay these feelings through the non conducting nerves and then, while the needle is 'still in,' carry the current through th needle from the working bits of the body, to gain for these areas a connection to the rest of the nerves.
