A paralysed Swiss man has become the first person to test a new technology that reads his thoughts using AI and then transmits signals through his own nervous system to his arms, hands and fingers in order to restore movement.
The treatment, a combination of a brain-computer interface and a spinal implant, had previously allowed a paraplegic patient to walk again, a breakthrough that was published in the scientific journal Nature in May.
But this is the first time it's being used for "upper extremity function," Onward, the Dutch company behind it, said Wednesday.
