The brain speaks
From: ECN - 09/07/2010

In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their
thoughts, University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words
using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop
the brain. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.ecnmag.com/News/2010/09/The-brain-speaks/
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/uou-tbs090110.php

Links:
Bradley Greger
http://www.bioen.utah.edu/faculty/greger/
http://neuroscience.med.utah.edu/Faculty/Greger.html

University of Utah Neuroscience Program
http://neuroscience.med.utah.edu/index.html

Journal Reference:
Spencer Kellis, Kai Miller, Kyle Thomson, Richard Brown, Paul House, Bradley
Greger. Decoding spoken words using local field potentials recorded from the
cortical surface. Journal of Neural Engineering, 2010; 7 (5): 056007 DOI:
10.1088/1741-2560/7/5/056007 
http://iopscience.iop.org/1741-2552/7/5/056007/

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University of Utah researchers read patient’s thoughts
From: The Salt Lake Tribune - 09/10/2010
By: Brian Maffly

University of Utah researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of translating
brain signals into words, a preliminary step toward technology that could allow
severely paralyzed people to turn thoughts into computer-generated words.

Read the entre article at:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50245582-76/brain-signals-electrodes-patient.html.csp

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The Brain Speaks
From: University of Utah - 09-07-2010
By: Lee J. Siegel

University of Utah researchers have developed a technique for translating
brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted
beneath the skull but on top of the brain. "We have been able to decode
spoken words using only signals from the brain with a device that has promise
for long-term use in paralyzed patients who cannot now speak," says Utah
professor Bradley Greger. The researchers used experimental microelectrodes
to record brain signals as a volunteer patient with severe epileptic seizures
read each of 10 words that might be useful to a paralyzed person. When the
researchers examined all 10 brain signals at once, they were able to
determine which signal represented a certain word 28 percent to 48 percent of
the time. Greger says that people who have been paralyzed by stroke, Lou
Gehrig's disease, and trauma could benefit from a wireless device that
converts thoughts into computer-spoken words. The microelectrodes are
considered safe because they do not penetrate brain matter. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=062110-3

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The New Mind Readers: Electrodes Reach for Telepathy
http://www.mddionline.com/article/new-mind-readers-electrodes-reach-telepathy