Brain-Computer Interface Enables Paralyzed Man to Walk 
From: Medical Design Technology - 09/24/2015

Proof-of-concept study shows possibilities for mind-controlled technology

Novel brain-computer interface technology created by University of
California, Irvine researchers has allowed a paraplegic man to walk for a
short distance.

In the preliminary proof-of-concept study, led by UCI biomedical engineer
Zoran Nenadic and neurologist An Do, a person with complete paralysis in both
legs due to spinal cord injury was able - for the first time - to take steps
without relying on manually controlled robotic limbs.

The male participant, whose legs had been paralyzed for five years, walked
along a 12-foot course using an electroencephalogram-based system that lets
the brain bypass the spinal cord to send messages to the legs. It takes
electrical signals from the subject's brain, processes them through a
computer algorithm, and fires them off to electrodes placed around the knees
that trigger movement in the leg muscles.

Read the entire article and view a video (2:26) at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/09/brain-computer-interface-enables-paralyzed-man-walk

Links:
Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation articles:
http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/search/results?terms=nenadic

Zoran Nenadic
http://www.eng.uci.edu/users/zoran-nenadic

Center for BioMedical Signal Processing and Computation
http://cbmspc.eng.uci.edu