John dead I'm so sad. When did this happen? It's been so much time since the early days of vo. What happened to Fred Sparber?
-----Original Message----- From: thomas malloy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 November 2008 11:12 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:BEI brain electrode interface 60 minutes just did a segment on a brain to electrode interface, BEI. The late John Scheurner, whom I met on Vortex, worked on the first prototypes of the BEI. A scientist, paralyzed by ALS, was shown communicating by typing out messages. The first model was a cap with electrodes, the reporter put it on and a technician put conducting jell between the electrodes and the scalp. Then they showed a later model which is implanted in the brain. I had the same idea, but I decided that I didn't need another hole in my head. OTOH, if we could come up with a design where the skin were closed over the hole and the electrode just touched it. --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---
