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Brain Implants

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים לרמה בינונית.

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A man who cannot move his arms or hands has used his thoughts to write on a computer screen. The man has been paralyzed from the neck down for almost a decade. Scientists from Stanford University in the USA implanted two tiny sensors into the man's brain. The scientists gave this method two names - "brain-to-text" and "mind writing". The man wants to remain anonymous, so scientists have called him T5. He became 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 slower than the average person writing a text message on a smartphone.

The mind writing system is very simple, but it involves a lot of advanced technology. Scientists asked T5 to imagine holding a pen and then writing a sentence on paper. The sensors in T5's brain detected the activity in his brain as he imagined writing. A computer decoded this activity into text on a screen. The scientists used a special algorithm to do this. Professor Jaimie Henderson, a Stanford University researcher, hopes this research could help millions of paralyzed people, and those who have lost the ability to speak, to write again. He said: "The goal is to restore their ability to communicate by text." This technology may one day help anyone to write at the speed of thought.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Paralyzed /ˈpɛrəˌlaɪzd/ verb מְשׁוּתָק

    to make (a person or animal) unable to move or feel all or part of the body

    The snake's venom paralyzed the mouse.

  • Implants /ɪmˈplænts/ noun שתלים

    something placed in a person's body using surgery

    Breast implants are very common nowadays.

  • Decoded /dɪˈkoʊdəd/ verb מְפוּענָח

    to change signals for radio, television, etc., to a form that can be heard or seen correctly

    They finally decoded the message.

  • Algorithm /ˈælgəˌrɪðəm/ noun אַלגוֹרִיתְם

    a set of steps that are followed to solve a mathematical problem or to complete a computer process

    Self-teaching algorithms will get better and better at making suggestions.

  • Restore /rɪˈstɔr/ verb לשחזר

    to put or bring (something) back into existence or use

    Surgery will restore his hearing.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. What do you think of putting sensors in the brain?
  2. What do you think of brain-to-text technology?
  3. What do you think of brain implants allowing us to learn languages?
  4. Given a chance, would you like to have the ability to read minds?
  5. What do you think are the dangers of brain implants?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. For how long has the man been paralyzed?

  2. What does a mind writing system involve a lot of?

  3. What special thing did the scientists use to decode the man's thoughts?

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