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Click here if this email doesn't display properly Paralysis: Decoding signals that aid everyday movement Two people with no functional arm control demonstrate the ability to make point-to-point reaches and grasps with a robotic arm using a small sample of neural signals decoded using a neural interface system. The work, published this week in Nature, illustrates considerably more complex robotic control than previously demonstrated in able-bodied non-human primates and suggests the feasibility of using cortically driven commands to restore lost arm function in everyday tasks for people with paralysis. Access the article online, along with an accompanying Nature Podcast and Nature Video. Click here to register for updates from Nature.      Facebook       Twitter     Google+      LinkedIn      Digg      StumbleUpon As a registered user of Nature Publishing Group's Web sites, our database indicates that you have opted-in to receive product information and special offers. If you no longer wish to receive these e-mails or to discontinue all e-mail services from Nature Publishing Group please update your online account. Modify My Account (Log in to be recognised as a Nature.com registrant). For further information on technical assistance | print subscriptions | other enquiries. Nature Publishing Group | Principal offices: London | New York | Tokyo. Worldwide offices: Basingstoke | Boston | Buenos Aires | Delhi | Hong Kong | Madrid | Melbourne | Munich | Paris | San Francisco | Seoul | Washington DC. Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England & Wales under company number 785998 & whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick St Fl 9 | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA © 2012 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.