Bluetooth brings new hope for people with disability

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Gert-Jan Oksam is walking again after being paralysed in an accident Source: AP

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A man paralysed by a cycling accident is able to walk again after an experimental operation by neuroscientists and surgeons in Switzerland. They’ve established a wireless connection between his damaged spine and brain using the same technology that the rest of us use to connect our wireless earphones - Bluetooth.

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