] ALBANY, N.Y. Apr 3, 2005 %u2014 Researchers and
] volunteers around the world are taking early steps toward
] a complex but straightforward technological goal: to use
] electrical signals from the brain as instructions to
] computers and other machines, allowing paralyzed people
] to communicate, move around and control their environment
] literally without moving a muscle.

The reporter describes participating in a demonstration of this technology.

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