Thu Aug 25, 2022 – 6:43 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The first American has been implanted with a brain-computer interface (BCI), which is designed to enable computer commands using only the mind. BCI is a pillar of transhumanism.
A patient suffering from the fatal neurodegenerative disease ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), who can no longer move or speak, is now testing the ability of a BCI called a Stentrode to translate their thoughts into commands by which they can communicate and surf the web on a computer.
The U.S. patient is the fifth person in the world to be implanted with a BCI, likened to a “brain bluetooth,” as part of the company Synchron’s COMMAND trial for the device, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted its first investigational device exemption (IDE) for a permanent BCI implant.
The other four COMMAND trial participants are in Australia, and have used the Stentrode for a year to successfully perform basic tasks like email and online shopping, reportedly without serious adverse effects.
Synchron has published a video of an Australian participant using its BCI to navigate a computer.
COMMAND Principal Investigator David Putrino, Ph.D., explained that what sets the
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