Australian researchers invented a "bionic spine" for paraplegics, according to Fox News Healthth.
Here are four observations:
1. The device is about an inch long and 0.12 inches wide.
2. Surgeons can implant the device through minimally invasive surgery.
3. The technology involves electrodes transmitting motor cortex signals to an implanted device in a patient's shoulder. The signals become commands, which Bluetooth transmits to the bionic limbs.
4. A surgeon will implant the technology in three patients with lower-limb paralysis at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Victoria in 2017.