Our NSF-supported project was in the news (partial list, inverse chronological order):
Our research was featured in numerous media outlets. A partial list (inverse chronological order) is provided below:
- The Orange County Register, I think and then I walk:
UCI experiment marks the first time a paraplegic walks by brain control, Courtney Perkes, 2/15/2016
- The Doctors, Paralyzed Man Walks Again, Chelsea Wright, 10/19/2015
- KPBS, Carlsbad Company Connects Paralyzed Man
With Scientists Who Helped Him Walk Again, David Wagner, 10/6/2015
- Fox Business, Varney & Co., Computer
helps paralyzed man to walk, Alison S. Kurtzman, 9/28/2015
- MSN (via Reuters), Paralyzed
Man Walks Again, Thanks To New Computer Technology, 9/25/2015
- The Naked Scientists (UK, radio interview), Paralysed man
able to walk again, Dr. Chris Smith, 9/25/2015
- Fox 2, York, FOX 2 News Morning,
9/25/2015
- Fox 2, Detroit, FOX 2 News Morning,
9/25/2015
- CW39, Houston, Eye Opener,
9/25/2015
- NBC4, Southern California, Today
in L.A., 9/25/2015
- International Business Times, Brain power helps
paralysed man to walk again, Karla Tecson, 9/25/2015
- Science 360 (National Science Foundation), Brain-computer interface enables paralyzed man to walk, 9/25/2015
- 7 News (Australia), Paralysed man walks again,
Angela Cox, 9/24/2015
- Sky News (UK), Paralysed Man Walks With Help Of Brain
Power, 9/24/2015
- Time Magazine, How a Paralyzed Man Walked Again,
Tanya Basu, 9/24/2015
- CBS News, Paralyzed man walks
using technology that bypasses spinal cord, Ashley Welch, 9/24/2015
- Reuters, Brain-computer link enables paralyzed California
man to walk, Steve Gorman, 9/24/2015
- Newsweek, Paralyzed Man Walks Using Brain-Computer Link,
Douglas Main, 9/24/2015
- NBC4, Southern California,
NBC4 News at Noon, 9/24/2015
- New Scientist (UK), Paralysed
man uses mind control to walk again, Jessica Hamzelou, 9/24/2015
- The Daily Telegraph (Australia), Paraplegic man walks after `bypass', AAP, 9/24/2015
- Irish Examiner,
A paraplegic man is able to walk again after a pioneering 'neural bypass', 9/24/2015
- Huffington Post U.K., Paralysed Man Walks For The First Time Using The Power Of Mind Control, Nitya Rajan, 9/24/2015
- United Press International, Brain-computer connection helps paralyzed man walk, Stephen Feller, 9/24/2015
- redOrbit, Breakthrough: Paralyzed man regains ability to walk using direct brain control, Chuck Bednar, 9/24/2015
- BuzzFeed, Paralysed
Man Walks Again Using Signals Transmitted From His Brain To His Legs, Tom Chivers, 9/24/2015
- ABC News, Watch How New Technology Helps a
Paraplegic Man Walk Again, Gillian Mohney, 9/23/2015
- The Guardian (UK), Paraplegic man walks with
own legs again, Ian Sample, 9/23/2015
- The Sun (UK), Walking miracle - Paralysed man takes first steps using
brainpower, Nick McDermott, 9/23/2015
- The Daily Beast, Paralyzed Man Walks Using
Brain Power, Charlotte Lytton, 9/23/2015