News tagged with cursor
Cursor
A cursor is a moving placement or pointer that indicates a position. English-speakers have used the term with this meaning since the 16th century, for a wide variety of movable or mobile position-markers.
The literal meaning of the original Latin word cursor expresses the idea of someone or something that runs. Especially in the plural, Cursores 'runners', it was the name of certain functions, originally messengers. Cursor was also a Roman cognomen used by gens Papiria.
The word cursor may refer to any of the following:
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Team describes findings from BCI study in spinal cord-injured man in PLoS One
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC describe in PLoS ONE how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a c ...
Neuroscience
Feb 08, 2013 |
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New algorithm greatly improves speed and accuracy of thought-controlled computer cursor
Stanford researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver computer cursors with their thoughts. The algorithm's ...
Neuroscience
Nov 18, 2012 |
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All eyes on new writing device for the disabled
A French researcher has built a device allowing disabled people to write or draw on a computer screen using only their eyes, a report said Thursday.
Medical research
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Man with spinal cord injury uses brain computer interface to move prosthetic arm with his thoughts
(Medical Xpress) -- Seven years after a motorcycle accident damaged his spinal cord and left him paralyzed, 30-year-old Tim Hemmes reached up to touch hands with his girlfriend in a painstaking and tender high-five.
Medical research
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