Quirky China: paralysed man plays mahjong with brain-computer, Covid-19 test fancy dress, dog’s life ‘more precious’ than child
- A man paralysed in a car crash can now play games and perform other tasks thanks to a computer interface that allows him to send neural signals to a computer
- A man told another man his dog is ‘more precious’ than a child during an altercation in which a small child was knocked over by an off-leash dog
A 72-year-old man with paraplegia has become the first person in China to play mahjong with the help of a brain-computer interface.
According to a video clip taken in a hospital in Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province, eastern China, the patient surnamed Zhang, who is confined to a wheelchair, controlled a cursor on a computer screen through a brain-computer interface to play the popular game, the Jiefang Daily reported.
The man became a paraplegic after being injured in a road accident. After surgery to have the interface planted in his head to send his neural signals to an external device, Zhang is now able to send commands to a machine to perform actions on his behalf, like holding a bottle and shaking hands with people.
“I’m so impressed with how advanced our country’s medical system has become,” said one person online.
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A Manzhouli resident, from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of northern China, has become an online celebrity after wearing a green fish-head mask while queuing for a Covid-19 test.
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