] On the one hand, there is a medical phenomenon growing ] out of Kennedy's work. His electrodes could enable ] patients frozen by disease or injury to circumvent the ] spinal cord, re-establishing a decent range of speech and ] motion. So far, three of Kennedy's six implantees have ] learned to move a cursor across a computer screen and ] spell words just by thinking about it. Creative Loafing Atlanta | COVER | THE BRAIN OF THE FUTURE |