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‘Tongue computing’ could help disabled

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad.

Georgia Tech researchers believe a magnetic, tongue-powered system could transform a disabled person’s mouth into a virtual computer, teeth into a keyboard — and tongue into the key that manipulates it all.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 7:07 am by Raquel Rios and is filed under News

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