Duke University’s Miguel Nicolelis accelerated development of an exoskeleton for paraplegics with a brain-computer interface

VIDEO, 14 min. 56 sec., TED Talk: Duke University research scientist, Miguel Nicolelis, provides an exceptional explanation of the science behind the Walk Again exoskeleton worn by the 29-year-old paraplegic, Juliano Pinto, to kick off the 2014 Soccer World Cup, nearly 2 years before the event. You’ll only need to listen to a few seconds to hear what an actual “brain storm” sounds like. If you watch long enough, you’ll see moments where a monkey in the U.S. controls a monkey avatar, and then controls a robot arm in Japan, by its thoughts.

”Miguel Nicolelis: A monkey that controls a robot with its thoughts. No, really.”

To see an article and video where Professor Nicolelis describes more information about the 2014 FIFA World Cup kickoff exoskeleton, with a short add-on commentary on brain-to-brain communication occurring in 2014, visit the next page.