Wired Magazine's Biggest Discoveries of 2005

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5. First neuro-cybernaut: Quadriplegic Matt Nagle became the first paralyzed person to control an artificial hand by brain power alone. A "Braingate" chip implanted in Nagle's motor cortex allows him to reach out and grasp objects by thinking about moving his own paralyzed hand. Nagle's neuro-cybernetic interface also allows him to control the lights, TV and a computer. "My mother was scared of what might happen, but what else can they do to me?" Nagle said. "I was in a corner, and I had to come out fighting."