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Jerry Carino
Asbury Park Press
- Robert Czech will be able to write an email or surf the internet simply by thinking it.
- He uses Eyegaze technology to communicate — an electronic keyboard registers his eye movements, letter by letter.
- The implant records brain impulses and uses a Bluetooth-enabled device to communicate them.
POINT PLEASANT, N.J. — Bob Czech had a thought to share. Eleven years after he was diagnosed with ALS, the 68-year-old Point Pleasant, New Jersey, resident can’t move or talk. He uses Eyegaze technology to communicate — an electronic keyboard registers his eye movements, letter by letter.
“I strongly believe I am meant to do this, to help a lot of people,” he said, a sentence that took about two minutes to register.
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