Discover Magazine - Scientist of the Year: Runners-Up
From: Discover Magazine - 12/2006 - page 38 - 39
By: Kyla Dunn

John Donoghue, Neuroscientist at Brown University, is developing implants
that connect the brain to a prosthetic limb 

Last year 25-year-old Matthew Nagle changed the channels on his TV, adjusted
the volume, opened and closed a hand, and read an e-mail. These feats may not
sound impressive, but they earned him a spot on the cover of the July 13,
2006 issue of the journal Nature (and caused a media uproar) because Nagle is
a quadriplegic, paralyzed in 2001 by a knife wound that severed his spinal
cord. Thanks to a system called BrainGate, Nagle was able to manipulate the
TV controls, as well as a prosthetic hand, using his thoughts alone. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.discover.com/issues/dec-06/features/scientist-of-the-year-2006-runners-up/

Links:
Monkeys, Humans Get Brain-Driven Prostheses
http://www.discover.com/issues/jan-05/features/neuroscience/brain-driven-prostheses/

Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems
http://www.cyberkineticsinc.com/

Richard Normann
http://www.bioen.utah.edu/faculty/RAN/

P. Hunter Peckham
http://bme.case.edu/faculty_staff/peckham/

John Donoghue 2004 Interview
http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-04/features/discover-awards/neuroscience/

The Bionic Connection
http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-02/features/featbionic/