Artificial intelligence-powered implants re-established communication between the man's brain and spinal cord, researchers said. FOX13
, involved a new brain-computer interface, which doctors can implant into the brain and at the base of the spinal column to create a "digital bridge."
The interface uses AI-powered algorithms to decode brain recordings in real-time and allow the computer to determine how the patient wants to move their legs, according to France 24. file - Professor of neuroscience at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University , Gregoire Courtine from Switzerland, speaks during a press conference in Lausanne on M
The double surgeries have now allowed Oskam to walk and resume activities he once thought impossible for a man in his condition.
Guillaume Charvet, a researcher at CEA, told the AFP that after six months of training, Oskam was seemingly able to regain some sensory perception and motor skills he had lost, even being able to walk with crutches when the tech was turned off. Such a development would suggest that the tech could "promote a reorganization of the neuronal networks" at the site of the injury, but that understanding the full extent of the technology’s impact will require "many more years of research.
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