Задание №20168 ЕГЭ по Английскому языку

Brain Implant Lets Man Write Using Thoughts

A man who cannot move his arms or hands has used his thoughts to write on a computer screen. The man                          (PARALYZE) from the neck down for almost a decade. Scientists implanted two tiny sensors into the man’s brain. The man wants to remain anonymous, so scientists have called him T5. He                          (BECOME) paralyzed after suffering a spinal cord injury ten years ago. The implants have allowed T5 to use his mind to write. He can write 90 characters (about 18 words) per minute. This is five words                          (SLOW) than the average person writing a text message on a smartphone.

The mindwriting system is very simple, but it involved a lot of advanced technology. Scientists asked T5 to imagine holding a pen and then writing a sentence on a paper. The sensors in T5’s brain detected the activity in his brain as he imagined                          (WRITE). A computer decoded this activity into text on a screen. Professor Jaimie Henderson, a Stanford University researcher, hopes this research                          (HELP) millions of paralyzed people. It also will concern                          (THAT) who have lost the ability to speak, to write again.