Brain chip implants are real and have been put into 50 patients with massive plans for the future including robot control.
Blackrock Neurotech has invented the NeuroPort Array which scientists at the firm hope will cure physical paralysis, blindness, deafness and depression.
To do so the sci-fi-like gear connects with other tech designed to aid mobility such as robotic arms and wheelchairs, all without the user moving an inch.
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Marcus Gerhardt, co-founder of the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company in the US, told DailyMail.com : "We are the only company with direct-brain BCI implants in humans.
"Our implantable arrays have enabled people to connect directly to computers, control robotic arms and wheelchairs, play video games, even regain sensation – with just their brain signals."
To access one's thoughts, the NeuroPort Array has nearly 100 microneedles that read the electrical signals their brain is producing.
Once the implant latches onto signals given off by someone's brain, they're decoded into commands and action by machine learning software.
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As a result, the tech can make a robotic arm to even the most intricate tasks such as sketch a portrait and use a computer.
The next obstacle facing Blackrock Neurotech is getting FDA approval so the implant can connect with tools built for use beyond the lab, to change the lives of people with paralysis
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Marcus said: "This medical device aims to increase independence and mobility, and ultimately, quality of life, for people with paralysis.
"Once home-use BCIs are available, they’ll help people build new lives that may have seemed impossible following their disability; we think we’ll see people return to work, establish greater independence, and engage with the world in powerful new ways.
"Our long-term vision is that our implants will become as readily available to people with paralysis as pacemakers are for people with heart issues."
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