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Brain chip is a touching miracle!

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IN A major breakthrou­gh, a computer chip planted in a patient’s brain has restored his sense of touch after a spinal cord injury! Researcher­s at The Ohio State University inserted the chip and placed electrodes on the skin of Ian Burkhart, who was paralyzed in a 2010 diving accident. After connecting to his arm, wires route the movement signals from his brain straight to the muscles.

Burkhart, 28, can now lift a cup and even play video games.

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