Exclusive: For the First Time, New Tech Enables Paralyzed Man To Move and Feel Again

Now, Burkhart is creating a group for the BCI community led by its pioneering users to discuss the kinds of questions he had seven years ago — and to serve more broadly as a forum to talk with others in the BCI community. The BCI Pioneers Coalition will center on the unique experience of Burkhart and his peers, whose numbers have nearly doubled since Burkhart received his BCI.

16 years ago, Dennis DeGray was paralyzed in an accident. Now, computer implants in his brain allow him some semblance of control. By Ferris Jabr