#8 Neuroprosthetics

Lately there’s hope offered to people who had lost motor functions due to spinal cord injuries or organ amputation, in the form of neuroprosthetics.

It is a procedure where implants are placed on a nerve, or onto the central nervous system, in order to replace the lost mobility.  Motor functionality in the body reacts to outside stimuli, whether it is natural or artificial, so neuroprosthetics can send signals imitating brain impulses, which could serve people with spinal injuries, and in case of loss of motor organ it may serve as a replacement organ. The recently held Para Olympic sports is a best example for how prominent change this bio-electro technology can bring.

This opens up huge opportunity for future too, where being disabled could be thing of past.

#7 Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)

BCI describes a system of interaction between a machine and nervous system. BCI’s function varies according to the task it should do, but it is now mainly used to augment or repair cognitive or motor functions in the people who had lost their ability to control movements of body parts.

The next best step to deal with disabilities lies in bio-electronics like BCI, which not only helps to overcome a disability but also can enhance already existing ones.  

So no more worries about being disabled in future, when it can simply be dealt with innovations in BCI.