IEEE Spectrum：植入实验性脑机接口生活是什么体验
IEEE Spectrum | What It’s Like to Live With an Experimental Brain Implant
IEEE Spectrum 讲述了受试者 Scott Imbrie 植入电极阵列后控制机械臂并接收触觉反馈的经历。他于 2020 年加入芝加哥大学一项临床试验，此前因车祸颈部受伤。该电极阵列可让他控制机械臂，并将触觉信号回传大脑。
By Ed Gent | IEEE Spectrum
“Scott Imbrie vividly remembers the first time he used a robotic arm to shake someone’s hand and felt the robotic limb as if it were his own. “I still get goosebumps when I think about that initial contact,” he says. “It’s just unexplainable.” The moment came courtesy of a brain implant: an array of electrodes that let him control a robotic arm and receive tactile sensations back to the brain.
Getting there took decades. In 1985, Imbrie had woken up in the hospital after a car accident with a broken neck and a doctor telling him he’d never use his hands or legs again. His response was an expletive, he says—and a decision. “I’m not going to allow someone to tell me what I can and can’t do.” With the determination of a head-strong 22-year-old, Imbrie gradually regained the ability to walk and some limited arm movement. Aware of how unusual his recovery was, the Illinois-native wanted to help others in similar situations and began looking for research projects related to spinal cord injuries. For decades, though, he wasn’t the right fit, until in 2020 he was finally accepted into a University of Chicago trial.”
来源：Blackrock Neurotech · blackrockneurotech.com