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As the Olympics began to kick off, a paralyzed tennis player carried the Olympic flame through Paris while wearing a robotic exoskeleton.
Robotics

Paralyzed Tennis Player Carries Olympic Torch Using Robotic Exoskeleton

By Noor Al-Sibai

We talked to Keith Thomas, the first paralysis patient to receive a movement and feeling-restoring double neural bypass surgery.
Brain

His Entire Body Was Paralyzed. Then They Put AI-Powered Chips in His Brain

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The device not only converts brain signals into text, but transforms it into full-blown speech embodied in a digtal look-a-like.
Neuroscience and Brain

New Brain Implant Allows Paralyzed Patient to Communicate Through Digital Avatar

By Frank Landymore

Brain-controlled wheelchairs using a noninvasive a non-invasive interface allowed several paralyzed patients to control wheelchairs with up to 98% accuracy.
Neuroscience and Brain

Paralyzed People Successfully Test Brain-Controlled Electric Wheelchairs

By Frank Landymore

NeuroRestore scientists say they've identified the crucial neurons that are essential in helping a patient with paralysis recover their ability to walk.
Developments

Implant Lets Nine People With Spinal Paralysis Walk Again, and Scientists Think They Know Why

By Frank Landymore

A new study details how researchers have used electrical implants connected to a smartphone app to help Michel Roccati walk again after a spinal injury.
Prosthetics and Devices

Spine Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Control Legs Using App

By Noor Al-Sibai

Reserachers used a spinal cord implant in mice to help them walk again after being paralyzed long-term. They hope for human clinical trials.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Heal Paralyzed Mice With Spinal Cord Implants

By Lonnie Lee Hood

An experimental neural implant seems to restore both muscular control over and sensation in people's limbs, even when a spinal cord injury is in the way.
Neuroscience and Brain

Tiny Neural Implant Could Give Spinal Injury Patients Control Over Their Own Limbs Again

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists gene-hacked mice to produce a nerve-healing protein that treated their total paraplegia and allowed them to walk again.
RX and Medicine

Genetic Engineering Makes Paralyzed Mice Walk Again

By Dan Robitzski

A French man was able to regain control over all four of his paralyzed limbs again thanks to a mind-controlled exoskeleton suit, the BBC reports.
Robots and Machines

Watch a Paralyzed Man “Walk” Using a Mind-Reading Exoskeleton

By Victor Tangermann

Thirteen paralyzed patients can now use their hands again thanks to Australian Natasha van Zyl's pioneering nerve transfer surgery.
Health & Medicine

Surgeon Transfers Nerves to Let Paralyzed Patients Use Hands

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created the first noninvasive mind-controlled robot arm that exhibits the kind of smooth motion that previously required a brain implant.
Brain

New Mind-Controlled Robot Arm First to Work Without Brain Implant

By Kristin Houser

UK researchers are ready to launch a study in which they'll vibrate people's limbs in an attempt to prevent a decrease in bone density.
Health & Medicine

Vibrating Astronauts’ Legs Could Keep Their Bones Strong

By Kristin Houser

A neural implant nicknamed the "bionic face" can help treat facial paralysis by stimulating paralyzed muscles with electricity.
Brain

A “Bionic Face” Brain Implant Could Treat Facial Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

People With Paralysis Control the Robot Waiters at This Cafe
Robotics

People With Paralysis Control the Robot Waiters at This Cafe

By Kristin Houser

Electrical Stimulation Helped A Man With Paralyzed Legs Walk Again
Health & Medicine

Electrical Stimulation Helped A Man With Paralyzed Legs Walk Again

By Kristin Houser