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Spinney, Laura,

Hear My Voice. Laura Spinney. - New Scientist, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 68, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Hear My Voice, Feb. 22, 2003; pp. 36-39.

"Hans-Peter Salzmann wrote 265 words of this article. That contribution took him a surprisingly long time: something like 10 hours of intense concentration working a machine that is unimaginably difficult to control. Most people who try using it simply give up." (NEW SCIENTIST) This article explains how a person paralyzed by Lou Gehrig's disease can use his brain's electrical activity to tell a machine to spell.

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Brain waves
Communication and technology
Human-machine systems
Quadriplegics
Thought and thinking

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