Added 1 new A* page:A new AP article describes a medical first headed by University of California, San Francisco neurosurgeon Dr. Edward Chang: via electrodes implanted on the surface of a paralyzed man's brain, scientists monitored brain waves that would normally control his vocal tract, translating them into a vocabulary of 50 recognized words read directly off his brain.
"Prompted with such questions as 'How are you today?' or 'Are you thirsty' the device eventually enabled the man to answer 'I am very good' or 'No I am not thirsty'"; "It takes about three to four seconds for the word to appear on the screen after the man tries to say it, said lead author David Moses, an engineer in Chang's lab."
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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