New Device Treats Brain Injury by Zapping Nerves on the Tongue
From: Popular Science - 02/20/2013
By: Kelsey D. Atherton

The tongue-mounted invention may help soldiers rebuild neural connections
after traumatic brain injury.  

A new electronic device could treat brain damage by stimulating nerves on the
tongue to send signals to the brain. The Portable NeuroModulation Stimulator,
or PoNS, is named after part of the brain stem and aims to repair damaged
neural connections. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-02/new-device-offers-brain-injury-treatment

Links:
Mouth device in clinical trials as possible treatment for TBI
http://www.army.mil/article/96521/

Traumatic Brain Injury
http://www.army.mil/tbi

On Distant Battlefields, Survival Odds Rise Sharply
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704655004575114623837930294.html

The External Brain
http://gertz-pileofideas.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-external-brain_17.html