Absolutely amazing. Congratulations to all of the engineers and scientists working on this project. Please don't stop and never give up. I'm sure you'll miniaturize this in no time and make it cheaper.

Amazing. The men and women behind the scenes here are the true celebrities of the world. Bravo!

that cylindrical grasp is gonna be very useful.

Help him with his hand. First things first. Gotta play some Guitar Hero. That guy is a hero.

This is why I love science and technology. The improvements we can make for our lives are endless...

Some people might have the feeling that progress is slow because of movies/games and so on... But I think our progress is amazing in all domains, and that in a few decades, some terrible limitations of the past will be overtaken.

Congratulations on this landmark! This is so amazing!

unbelievable!!! congratulations to the team behind this achievement

Excellent work! Neurotechnologies and their applications.

His eyes are a really pretty blue.

This looks extremely promising! So excited for how this technology will evolve and be fine-tuned to meet the needs of our population. Btw, who the hell would downvote this? What is there to downvote? Screw you if you downvoted this.

CLG will need this technology this weekend

the best part is that you can actually move somebody elses hand as well

This is beyond incredible! The future is hopeful.

This is amazing. I think this is so awesome for these guys to help people. If we can do this now imagine what we can do in 5 years. This could work with people in wheelchairs. Instead of putting the machine on there arm you could put it on their legs. This just astonishing.

holy shit I had never even considered machine learning as being a component, the possibilities that that opens up are really incredible

This is awesome!! That´s why i love what science and technology can bring to us.

Give this man an award!

I had a brain surgery 5 years ago, when I was 9 and my left hand is paralyzed. I can move the arm normal, just a bit slower, but my hand won't move like I want it to. I'll do these thinking exercises and maybe it'll get better after some time. I also started playing guitar, but when I want to strum with my left hand, it moves too slowly. I hope this brain implant will change the world and help people in need of this. Such an amazing device

This is extraordinary, I hope more good things come from this project.

It's amazing how mechanial the fine movement to get the paintbrush seems

Who in the WORLD could down thumb this? It's a baby step in helping ALL who have spinal damage or nerve damage. God gives men the knowledge - it's what we do with it that matters to mankind.

This tecnology can be used also to control computers just by thinking, they can map the neural activity to different keyboard keys and mouse movements for example... Also if they find a way to send signals back in to the brain it can be used for brain to brain comunications, telepathy...

Amazing!! Oh, I just wish I could get this awesome technology for my dad. He had a stroke 3 yrs ago and been paralyzed on the left side of his body. After almost a year of therapy, he still didnt recover fully. We're just glad he can walk now atleast with a cane but his left arm is still immobile.

Thanks, recommend videos! Something actually awesome and uplifting!

Great work !!!! Science and Knowledge is the key !!!!!

I don't care who you are, this is amazing.

This is amazing and simply beautiful. I hope this technology can just get better and better, and more and more accessible.

Wow, that is really cool how someone also thought about the sleeve concept that bypassed the spinal cord too. I have thought about that for about 2 years now and always wondered why people didn't try it then. Reading the paper, I can see that decoding and encoding those signals must have been very difficult. I think though that it would benefit to reverse engineer a neural signal reaching the arm and hand from an uninjured person, determine common signal patterns, then see how those patterns relate to another healthy person, then we would be able to find out how unique a neural signal is between different persons. If their is a significant difference than than nothing, but if there is not a significant difference then I can see a way to use the information from a normal brain to hand signal, then reapply it to a person who has doesn't have a normal signal.

How beautiful! Nice to see positive news and not just horror. 👌🏻

Amazing! This is science for humanity!

Truly amazing but I look forward to the day where the spinal break can be repaired and the blockage is no longer a problem a correction at that point would bring full mobility back

Who are the ten people who disliked this video!? I think this is awesome!

I do remember one day, i've read that we will be able to debuild a new path for nerve in our system. I don't know where i read it, but, it's something i 50 years could be possible.

This is amazing, I'm really glad I ended up at this channel.

That's so amazing, I'm a peon little EMT, and I know how big this is. Super cool!

seriously.. why are there dislikes for this amazing feat? i just don't get it

We're doing it! Cyborg humans! We are truly living in the future man.. Thank you mr. Burkhart for helping pave the way.

Amazing work here everybody.

This is so awesome

such an amazing science and spirit accomplishment!

What a great work!

Amazing! I wish this to develop more and more.

Beautiful amazing i hope this can help my brother that have ALS

If I'm not wrong, they could even give him the perfect precision of a robot, too. For example for that guitar game he played, program all notes and play them back when he is thinking about moving his hand.

Very amazing.

This is crazy and amazing

Amazing, giving people a second chance at regular life !

Just a matter of time before... " I know Kung Fu!"

absolutely amazing

Wonderful !! Keep at it .... It is huge....

How absolutely wonderful!

How on earth is it possible to dislike this video? I will never understand some people's reactions

It's this type of stuff that makes me think not all people are evil.

Congratulations Ian, that is some incredible progress. My brother has a C5 injury as well and it would mean everything to him just to be able to grab and manipulate things with his fingers. How can I get my brother into one of these trials?

r we this close ??!!! amazing

They're finally reaching 1960s technology! So proud; hopefully we can reach 1980s by 2100!

Amazing! Really amazing!!!!

This is amazing!

Issue is, this is in america, so when its ready to go for everyone, will they have to pay for it?

This is fantastic :).

Brought to you by Budweiser. Can he grasp and pour a bottle? Check Can he swipe a credit card? Check Mission complete. ;)

Somebody should start a fund for this. How can we help

Amazing! If only we were as obsessed w/ science as we are war, humanity would we better off.

I'm really curious to know why some people disliked this video.

insane!

Hmm, if he has some basic connection in his nerve path, it would be interesting if the assisted indirect path aids regrowth of the spine. It's pretty cute but the best way is to rebuild the natural path, which I guess will ultimately be much easier anyway and where effort should be placed.

This would've helped someone I knew but he passed away

Science is amazing!

So does that mean that people who are paralyzed will be able to walk again?

They could even pick up speed using his thoughts as shown is seen the speed of his thoughts? Moving from one cup to another before stirring?

Amazing!

Great idea, whereas there will be some serious side effects like infections and rejection.

When you can never plug your brain in on the first try...

Mind blown

This is great !!

Well done Ian I'm a Brain Hem triggered massive stroke survivor and a One hand & One Foot Paralysed Arthritic drummer{no assists} I made a Health help movie for all musicians now but primarily drummers but to Help all Musicians to protect their Ability Mate can you help get it into as many muso contacts you have and remember to ask those contacts to share it because stroke is the most common Long Term Incapacitator in the Western World it's a two part movie so make sure both pieces are mentioned cheers oops it's called the following Mark D White's "DRUMBEATSTROKE" 2 Part movie noise from me all info from a real doctor.highlighting danger of stroke to all. The very Best of luck to the dedicated Team working with Iain never think to yourself that us that are broken do not appreciate what you guys do in your Labs & White coats we DO ok!

so... if they are able to understand the nerve signals and decipher them they should be able to built robotic prothesis which are controlled by thoughts as well... just think about it.

I am so proud of you, Jonah Hill!

He looks like Jonah Hill

This is what cience and technology should be used for, helping humans. Instead of making bombs and weapons!!!

This should be more popular than ex. "Kobe Bryant" in the trending section. The science and engineering advancements shown in this video are amazing, people care about the most dumbest shit these days..

Amazing

great, lets start human trials, id love to get my legs working again.

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Cool

This is awsome

I want to know more about the filament wrap on his forearm. Is the electrical signal sent through the skin, or was there additional surgery to provide a pathway to the muscles? Perhaps that item itself to be useful to people with different problems like muscular dystrophy, since the major problem is muscles wasting away because of under-use. TENS units were considered, but don't really provide real exercise to the muscles... this filament wrap sure looks like it could.

But the real question is can he play Through the fire and the flames on expert?

Now a cure for myopia would be nice!

I don't care what technology could help me do i will never volunteer to put a microchip in my fucking brain

I saw this on the news

its nice techlonogy this technology available in india

Would that stuff work for a single disabled finger?

0:55 Knock Knock, it's the brain. Open the spinal cord, stop having it be closed.

Badass

That is amazing. Wow. I hope someday everyone is able to do this. *And who the shit dislikes that what is wrong with you*

wow amazing

I was just wondering: He re-gained his functions because he did it before. But what about new things? Could children who are paralysed from birth use this technique to learn how to walk? Or could we one day use it to fly drones with our thoughts only?

This is nuts. the future is now