SAN FRANCISCO, California — A patient with a degenerative disease was able to command Amazon's Alexa digital assistant with his mind, the company behind the technological innovation announced on Monday, letting him stream shows and control devices with only his thoughts.
SAN FRANCISCO, California — A patient with a degenerative disease was able to command Amazon's Alexa digital assistant with his mind, the company behind the technological innovation announced on Monday, letting him stream shows and control devices with only his thoughts.An implant in a blood vessel on the surface of the 64-year-old man's brain let him mentally 'tap' icons on an Amazon Fire tablet, brain-computer interface company Synchron said.
'To be able to manage important aspects of my environment and control access to entertainment gives me back the independence that I'm losing,' the patient, named only as Mark, said in a release.The test was intended to show how customers could use just their minds to control smart homes with Alexa-compatible devices such as door cameras, plugs and thermostats, the company said.
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