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What would you think if I say there is no longer the
need to use your hand to change the TV channel when advertisements start? What
if, instead of that, you could simply use your brain to do it? Many of you may
be thinking “a dream come true”. It appears like dreams are becoming a
substantial possibility these days. Thanks to a revolutionary new device, which
is calling everyone's attention, this dream is very close to become a reality.
The Braingate is a device made of electrodes which are
surgically implanted on a person’s motor cortex that helps the owner to control
objects and to communicate effectively. It is designed to assist people who had
suffered accidents or strokes and, as a consequence, are currently disabled. The
user can move external objects using only the mind/thought. However, this idea
is still in its infancy despite it has been already tested on real people.
A controversy that surrounds this wonderful discovery
has to do with the abuse of the system. It was made specifically for people
with disabilities, but it’s believed even healthy people may feel the desire to
“improve” their lives by using the system. How drastically our lives could change
if we didn’t have the necessity to move to perform common actions like drinking
an orange juice or turning the page of our book? If you have the chance, would
you choose to implant electrodes on your brain in order to make your life
easier?
If you want to take a deeper look on the Briangate system, click here.
According to the BrainGate link you add, this device was design to help people with some severe disability and to make their life easier (the video is amazing). In that sense, I think that it would be senseless and cozy having this tool in our heads, what for? We must be happy that we depend no one but our self to do whatever we want! Having the BrainGate system integrated in our bodies just will mean we will be lazier and more inactive than ever. I strongly believe that, scientists must be painstaking and implant the device to the people who really need it, not to the ones who want to “improve” their lazy life.
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