Space Invaders Vs. Brain

A boy suffering from epilepsy used only signals from his brain to make movements when playing the two-dimensional video game Space Invaders. The signals were recorded by laying a grid atop his brain and recording the brain surface signals as he was delegated to do various tasks. Then, a run with the teenager using his hand to control the cursor in the game was done, and another one was done without any physical movement to control the cursor. A video of the teenager playing the video game in these two instances can be seen on the website. This can hopefully be used to further our advancement in building devices that will be able to control artificial limbs effectively.

Extra Information: Epilepsy is a brain disorder where a person has suffered from more than two seizures, and can be caused by nerve cell clusters or neurons signaling abnormally in the brain.

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/epilepsy.htm