Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!pathak@mbunix.mitre.org From: pathak@mbunix.mitre.org (Pathak) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Re: VR and the handicapped Message-ID: <10037@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 26 Oct 90 17:20:47 GMT References: <9961@milton.u.washington.edu> Sender: hlab@milton.u.washington.edu Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA Lines: 15 Approved: hitl@hardy.u.washington.edu I remember reading in the Chicago Tribune about 6 months ago about a new experimental technique that allows human nerves to be joined with computer wafers. It seems that the wafers have holes in them and they can get the nerves to tie into the receptacles. The article stated that the researchers hope perfect this technique and then go on to develop a whole new generation of prosthesis (sp?) devices that are smart enough to react the information coming from the nerves. I believe they were talking about such devices for accident victims. Heeren Pathak pathak@mitre.org #include