NYTimes reports that the FDA has given approval for a company (Cyberkinetics Inc) to implant a computer chip into the brains of 5 paralyzed people that will hopefully enable them to operate a computer by thought alone.
Maybe in 5-10 years we will all be controlling embedded processors in everything we use by thought alone.
Update Slashdot is reporting on this now.
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