New Tasks Become as Simple as Waving a Hand with Brain-Computer Interfaces
From: Medical Design Technology - 06/12/2013
By: Michelle Ma

Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact
with computers or control robotic limbs simply by thinking about how to
execute those actions. This technology could improve communication and daily
life for a person who is paralyzed or has lost the ability to speak from a
stroke or neurodegenerative disease.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/06/new-tasks-become-simple-waving-hand-brain-computer-interfaces

Links:
60 Minutes - Breakthrough: Robotic limbs moved by the mind (video 13:05)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3a5u6djGnE&feature=youtu.be

Paralyzed woman uses first mind-controlled robot arm
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/129499-paralyzed-woman-uses-mind-controlled-robot-arm

Woman with Quadriplegia Feeds Herself Chocolate Using Mind-Controlled Robot
  Arm
http://www.upmc.com/media/NewsReleases/2012/Pages/bci-press-release-chocolate.aspx