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Severely Disabled People Mind-Control a Robotic Arm via EEG

June 26th, 2019 Medgadget Editors Neurosurgery, Rehab Scientific collaborators from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Minnesota have created a way for people to control a robotic arm using a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI). Previously, electrode array implants in the brain have been necessary to give severely disabled people the ability to manipulate an external… Read More: Severely Disabled People Mind-Control a Robotic Arm via EEG »

Know Your Girls: Breast cancer survivor diagnosed at 16 shares her story to help Black women save their own lives

Know Your Girls is committed to educating Black women about breast cancer. As part of their campaign to educate and inform Black women about their cancer risks, they connected TheGrio with Nikia Hammonds-Blakely, a survivor who was diagnosed at 16 years old. “I was in the shower one morning getting ready for school and I felt the… Read More: Know Your Girls: Breast cancer survivor diagnosed at 16 shares… »

Drinking coffee can assist weight loss as it ‘helps body burn calories’

If you were left jumping for joy by the recent discovery that consuming up to 25 cups of coffee a day won’t stiffen your arteries and is safe for heart health, then you’ll be bouncing all over the place after reading this. According to a new study, drinking a cup of coffee might actually have… Read More: Drinking coffee can assist weight loss as it ‘helps body… »