A 62-Year-Old Paralyzed Man Sent Out His First Tweet With Brain Chip

[adarw]

Summary

A 62-Year-Old Paralyzed Man Sent Out His First Tweet With Brain-computer interfaces (BCI). it basically lets you chose where you want to click on a screen. 

 

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A paralysed man has become the first person to tweet a message to the world using only direct thought.

The feat was pulled off by Philip O’Keefe - a motor neurone disease patient - using a microchip implant that picks up his brain signals.

It's been described as the "first direct-thought tweet" after Mr O’Keefe said said “Hello World” using the brain implant.

Synchron, a brain computer interface company, announced a Twitter takeover by Philip O’Keefe on December 23rd.

He is one of the patients implanted with computer company Synchron's Stentrode brain computer interface, or in other words, a microchip in his body that analyses his brain signals and helps carry out commands.

Mr O’Keefe is the first person to successfully message the world on social media directly through thought, Synchron said.

“When I first heard about this technology, I knew how much independence it could give back to me. The system is astonishing, it's like learning to ride a bike - it takes practice, but once you're rolling, it becomes natural,” said Mr O’Keefe.

“Now, I just think about where on the computer I want to click, and I can email, bank, shop, and now message the world via Twitter.”

 

Mr O’Keefe took over the Twitter handle of Synchron CEO, Thomas Oxley.

His goal was to share his experience of regaining independence with the world and offer inspiration for the future.

“My hope is that I'm paving the way for people to tweet through thoughts,” was his closing statement.

My thoughts 

this is pretty cool. its quite life changing to some. that is all i got to say.

 

Sources

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/paralysed-man-sends-tweet-using-25793456

https://interestingengineering.com/a-62-year-old-paralyzed-man-sent-out-his-first-tweet-with-brain-chip

[Dreckssackblase]

This is really cool, but if I were Paralyzed I would pray to any deity there is that my brain won't be connected to twitter of alll places. 

[adarw]

6 minutes ago, Dreckssackblase said:

This is really cool, but if I were Paralyzed I would pray to any deity there is that my brain won't be connected to twitter of alll places. 

its not connected to Twitter per say, its connected to your computer where you can control where you press.

[ShinRamen]

9 minutes ago, adarw said:

its not connected to Twitter per say, its connected to your computer where you can control where you press.

Yeah, I wouldn‘t trust my brain with that kind of power without constant supervision. 
 

My mind tends to go to funny places and that spells disaster, lol.

Good for that individual and others though!

[adarw]

11 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

Imagine someones choice of first communication after years of paralysis is... a sales pitch on Twitter?

 

Am I missing something or is humanity truly lost?

well it was to show it works. i think that its practical to do it, like what else was he supposed to do.

[YellowJersey]

I would have just started spamming something like "ALL GLORY TO HYPNOTOAD" just to make the doctors and researchers think something had gone horribly wrong.

[ShinRamen]

3 hours ago, adarw said:

well it was to show it works. i think that its practical to do it, like what else was he supposed to do.

Don‘t get me wrong, I genuinely think this is useful and am happy for everyone who benefits from this. The first Part was a failed attempt to be funny;)

[Salv8 (sam)]

one step away from memory ransomware.

 

ya think i'm joking but im actually not.

[adarw]

Just now, Salv8 (sam) said:

one step closer to memory ransomware.

 

ftfy

[kaylexmorgana]

can this help us get FULL DIVE VR? since i really don't care much for a 1400p screen in front of my eyeballs.

[poochyena]

11 hours ago, huilun02 said:

Imagine someones choice of first communication after years of paralysis is... a sales pitch on Twitter?

 

Am I missing something or is humanity truly lost?

yes, you are missing the fact this wasn't his first communication and communicating using brain signals have been around for over a decade. The new thing is using it to send a tweet.

18 minutes ago, kaylexmorgana said:

can this help us get FULL DIVE VR? since i really don't care much for a 1400p screen in front of my eyeballs.

Sword Art Online takes place in December 2022. Soon.

[Quackers101]

13 hours ago, Dreckssackblase said:

This is really cool, but if I were Paralyzed I would pray to any deity there is that my brain won't be connected to twitter of alll places. 

were it seems like one of the people behind the mRNA was banned? oof

so a brain chip that doesn't cause complications as the other ones, or?

twitter be sus, ngl. but cool, I guess.

 

much cooler if it does change the life of those paralyzed. else there is a lot of other tech out there experimenting.

[X-System]

17 hours ago, Salv8 (sam) said:

one step away from memory ransomware.

 

ya think i'm joking but im actually not.

It will be like Ghost in the Shell with brain attack.

[Radium_Angel]

On 12/29/2021 at 4:20 AM, YellowJersey said:

I would have just started spamming something like "ALL GLORY TO HYPNOTOAD" just to make the doctors and researchers think something had gone horribly wrong.

Best post I've seen this month. Well done, well done.