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From: david@daisy.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Human <-> Computer Interfacing at the Neural Level
Message-ID: <589@daisy.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 17:27:55 EST
Article-I.D.: daisy.589
Posted: Mon Nov  2 17:27:55 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Nov-87 02:21:29 EST
Organization: Daisy Systems Corp. Mountain View, CA
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Keywords: cyberpunk, User Interface, Neural Interface


From Technology Review magazine (Oct. 87, p. 14), an MIT publication
(available at good newstands):

CHIP NERVES

A combination of microelectronics and microsurgery may eventually
make it possible to restore feeling and use to deadened limbs.
Researchers... have [grown axons] through tiny holes drilled in
silicon chips.  [Researchers] envision a time when their inven-
tion would lead to an "implantable switchboard" that would re-
direct nerve impulses cut off because of injuries.

...

The article is much longer, talking about how the thing works and
what it could do.  Thought y'all might be interested.

				-- David Schachter

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