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A man who cannot move his arms or hands has used his thoughts to write.
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The man has been paralyzed from the neck down for almost a decade.
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Scientists implanted two tiny sensors into the man's brain.
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The man wants to remain anonymous so scientists have called him T5.
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This is five words slower than the average person writing a text message.
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The mindwriting system is simple but it involved a lot of advanced technology.
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The sensors in T5's brain detected the activity in his brain.
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The scientists used a special algorithm to do this.
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Millions of paralyzed people and those who have lost the ability to speak.
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This technology may one day help anyone to write at the speed of thought.
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