mind controlled exoskeleton lets paralysed people walk via thoughts

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23640-mindcontrolled-exoskeleton-lets-paralysed-people-walk.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|online-news

mind controlled exoskeleton lets paralysed people walk via thoughts:

“They also want to ditch the glasses with the flashing diodes. A team led by Guy Chéron at ULB has identified the brain activity that corresponds with the intention of walking. This activity occurs about a second before you actually move and can be identified by EEG signals from the motor cortex. [this folks, would be the premotor area of the frontal cortex] The team can even distinguish between the intention to walk quickly or slowly.

The creation of an algorithm that can recognise these signals reliably opens up the tantalising possibility that much more intuitive walking control could be given both to people who are paralysed and to those who are completely locked-in, unable to move even their eyes.”