A brain–computer interface may be used to translate brainwaves into sentences. — Photography metamorworks/Getty Images/AFP Relaxnews
A paralysed man who cannot speak or type was able to spell out over 1,000 words using a neuroprosthetic device that translates his brain waves into full sentences, US researchers said Tuesday.
"Anything is possible," was one of the man's favourite phrases to spell out, said the first author of a new study on the research, Sean Metzger of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
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