Global Technology – August 2011

Now let’s focus on this month’s most important breakthroughs in technology.  We’ll begin with a significant advance in machine-brain interface technology. Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed an interface that offers the potential to improve the lives of millions of people.  The interface, which can be worn like a cap, may someday allow people to use mental signals to control computers, prosthetic limbs, and motorized wheelchairs. According to Associate Professor of Kinesiology José Contreras-Vidal, “We are on track to develop, test, and make available to the public, with.....