Spanish quadriplegic moves robotic arm with his mind … (Video) – The Review

         A submerged gang life in Los Angeles, this Spanish becomes the first person to control a robotic arm with mind
 

 

  Erik Sorto, 34, was confined to a motorized wheelchair at the young age of 21 years.
 

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A bloody night in the streets of East Los Angeles would change the course of life of Erik Sorto for all, and despite the consequences suffered its complete environment for the night, the man has become a success in the world of science and medicine.

The resident of the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, has become the first man to spice up a robotic arm using only her mind, this despite being quadriplegic. At 34, Sorto depends on the movement of your head and neck for all, as it takes 13 years paralyzed from the neck down by a bullet that pierced his spinal cord when he was 21. But it now does not prohibit you to lift a bottle of beer, the move from a table to his mouth, and can make it using a straw (straw) .All thanks to ciencia.Debido to immobility which now governs large percentage your body, Sorto was the perfect candidate for neurological project headed the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Caltech and rehabilitation center Rancho Los Amigos in Downey, California.En April 2013, Sorto voluntarily underwent a surgery during which he two microchips implanted in the posterior parietal cortex (PPC for its acronym in English) of your brain, the area that controls “our intention to move, which could achieve movements [the robotic arm] more natural and fluid” argues lead researcher Richard Andersen, the Caltech.Los Laboratory implants would record the pulses of electricity of its neurons, connecting to the movement that would conduct a robotic arm. In other words, to move the arm, all you have to do is Sorto imagine. The mind-controlled prosthesis is an innovative attempt to allow paralyzed people to get some independence, but confesses Sorto in a video posted by the Keck School of Medicine, which took 21 months to achieve move the arm without failure alguno.Durante time at Rancho Los Alamitos, Sorto coached with doctors and scientists from Caltech, starting with primary steps, such as give a hand for a greeting and then play “rock-paper-scissors” . After months, the moment he documented on video and shared on YouTube which now shakes networks, and has sent a wave of support Sorto to proceed. In previous attempts with other patients, these specialists have managed to move the cursor of a computer or other devices to implant microchips in another area of ​​the brain, the motor cortex, where movements are controlled that makes the cuerpo.Ahora, although the results are preliminary, the scientists say the new method of positioning microchips in PPC area suggests a bright future for paralyzed people. “As the project needed me for me, I also needed. Causes me much satisfaction to be part of a solution that will improve the lives of paralyzed patients, “said Sorto Sorto.Confesó his positive attitude was not always present. Having been confined to his wheelchair, it took four years to accept his condition. The father of two, who had less than four years when the accident occurred, said he had to change because I felt that gradually lost their children with negative personality that ruled. Sorto was immersed in the world of gang angelinas streets since early adolescence. It was a world he knew exact science and which had to attach lack of opciones.Pero after the accident, his way of thinking and seeing the world improved. Now, after the success of the robotic limb, Sorto seeks to return to school to pursue a degree in social work, and to assist low-income youth and impoverished neighborhoods unfortunately, as was the case for him, are exposed to a full of violence life. “Both mentally and physically been a shift of 360. Now I’m a living person, who really cares about the welfare of others.”