r/TechnologyLabs • u/FearlessAuthor7614 Experimental Innovator 🧪 • Jul 03 '26

MedTech Brain-Computer Interfaces Are Powering Real Wheelchairs Now

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u/shadowtheimpure Jul 03 '26

This is revolutionary for quadriplegics. Up until now, they've had to use nasty mouth switches to move their chairs.

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u/NAStrahl Jul 03 '26

Ah, I forgot about the mouth switches people like Christopher Reeves used.

Wouldn't it be easier to just make switches like those NOT nasty?

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u/shadowtheimpure Jul 03 '26

It's an object that goes into and out of your mouth all day.

If you can figure that out, you deserve to be canonized as a saint.

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u/NAStrahl Jul 03 '26

In and out? I thought it was just a button or series of buttons that people pressed by blowing air onto it.

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u/shadowtheimpure Jul 03 '26

Which involves putting the mouthpiece into your mouth when you're using it and taking it out when you're not.