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I just heard Bakay and it sounds possible ... infact it sounds quite sensible. Bakay was interviewed onCanadian radio tonight on 'as it happens' on CBC 1. At Emory are training a patient to move a cursor to point at an icon and with much practice he can do it He has electrodes implanted in the most active spots in the motor cortex which transmit the signal the brain makes ------Now he is trying to learn to select letters of the alphabet and thus type his name he has the same problem I have --being sloww to move the cursor hee gets double lletters. do i believe it honestly I don't know Anne Rutherford On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, J. R. Bruman wrote: > Janet Paterson wrote: > > > > In a message dated 1998/10/16 23:35:13, you write: > > > > >> London - A man has been able to control a computer by thought alone after > > >> receiving an electronic implant that fused with his brain cells. > > > > > > This is wild! Sounds like a tabloid hoax to me! The supposed author, > > > Dr. Roy Bakay of Emory U. is a respected scientist in the field of > > > neurotransplants and pallidotomy, and has co-authored about 75 > > > published papers on various aspects of that field, but never any > > > remotely connected with this. If it's really true, I'll be dipped > > > in --- ---- >> > > > > hi joe > > > > i admit to taking second and third looks at the article > > and even did a quick wwweb search on google for dr. roy bakay's name > > maybe this archy-ologist will do some more and deeper digging > > > > hey > > maybe i'll even send the article to dr. bakay > > beard the lion in his den in a manner of speaking > > and get the answer from the horse's mouth as it were > > > > the old rule flies high in the wwweb - caveat emptor > > It seems the incredible story is true! I never would have > guessed! I'm still puzzled about why in 8 years of work > no mention seems to appear in Dr. Bakay's rather extensive > list of published article titles, but I suppose he has his > reasons. Cheers, > Joe > -- > J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 > 3527 Cody Road > Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013 >