Riding the (brain) wave


Scientists tap into the power of thought to play Pong – but not for long.

A QUADRIPLEGIC has used thought to make a robotic hand feed her chocolate. A monkey moved a computer cursor using brain waves. But how the brain “learns” to control something without sending the signal through a spine and nerves remains a mystery.

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