Tag: implant
New Parkinson’s Implant Listens to Brain Waves to Treat Symptoms
Smart Brain-Zapping Implants Could Revolutionize Parkinson’s Treatment New deep-brain-stimulation implants for Parkinson’s disease can listen in on brain waves and adapt to treat symptoms. Can this approach target other conditions? By Sally Adee & Nature magazine Keith Krehbiel lived with Parkinson’s disease for nearly 25 years before agreeing to try a brain implant that might…
Brain Implant Lets Man with ALS Speak and Sing with His ‘Real Voice’
Brain Implant Lets Man with ALS Speak and Sing with His ‘Real Voice’ A new brain-computer interface turns thoughts into singing and expressive speech in real time By Miryam Naddaf & Nature magazine The motor cortex (orange, illustration). Electrodes implanted in this region helped to record the speech-related brain activity of a man who could…
What Denise Richards Learned After Special Forces Boob Implant Injury
If Denise Richards can survive The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she can survive anything. At least that’s what the Wild Things actress now realizes after competing on season three of Fox’s grueling reality competition series Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. “It was an opportunity to do something I’ve never done before, very challenging and…