He did these things with his thoughts — without moving a muscle. ... By turning thoughts into a control signal, the BrainGate device allows a person to operate computer-controlled devices.

"The first challenge was how to move objects that you can't pick up with grippers—such as fragile objects or things in confined spaces. The second challenge was how to use a magnetic field to ...

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