Hunter Peckham of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and John Donoghue of Brown University in Rhode Island are trying to help them to do just that.

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John Donoghue of Brown University described his work connecting computers directly to the human brain.

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Dr. JOHN DONOGHUE (Brown University): The concept is to help individuals to restore their ability to communicate or move or interact with the world when they've been paralyzed.

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Ted Widmer, director of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University and a former speechwriter for the Clinton White House, edited the two volumes.

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And related, in Providence: How much did the city benefit from a congressman with the golden last name of Kennedy, and would its Brown University have gone prime time without John F.

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Speaking earlier, Liverpool John Moores University's (LJMU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Brown said they were "delighted" to welcome him to the university family.

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