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To: Vendit™ who wrote (7035)	3/26/2005 8:44:58 PM
From: MJ	Respond to of 8752

BrainGate does make us think about being able to function. I presume that BrainGate will be bringing more innovations to our attention. Will check it out further. mj

To: Vendit™ who wrote (7035)	3/27/2005 8:51:54 AM
From: Vendit™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8752

MJ, Re: BrainGate I think that Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems has much more to offer than the news release below suggests and I would like your input when you have time: newsfactor.com A Foxborough, Mass., company has developed technology that plugs a human brain into a desktop computer, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems has developed BrainGate, a product aimed at enabling quadriplegics to do things like surf the Web, write e-mails, play video games and operate TV remotes and telephones just by thinking. "We can take someone's thought and put it on a screen," said Tim Surgenor, chief executive of Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, manufacturer of the device, which is called BrainGate Neural Interface System. BrainGate has already been tested on one person, and the Food and Drug Administration has given Cyberkinetics permission to test the technology on four other quadriplegics. The system requires a surgeon to drill a hole in the patient's head and implant a chip.