Brain implant helps paralysed man to feed himself and drink from cup

Keith Thomas can move arms and hands, and feel sensation of touch after ‘double neural bypass’ and months of training A man who was paralysed from the chest down in a swimming accident six years ago has been able to feed himself and drink from a cup thanks to...

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What happened: Keith Thomas can move arms and hands, and feel sensation of touch after ‘double neural bypass’ and months of training A man who was paralysed from the chest down in a swimming accident six years ago has been able to feed himself and drink from a cup thanks to...

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Source attribution: The Guardian Technology via theguardian.com. Original report: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/16/neural-bypass-brain-implant-paralysed-man-feed-himself-drink-from-cup