All the individual needed to do was to 'think' about writing Published: May 12, 2021 19:36 AFP The first step was to determine whether T5 even produced distinctive and readable brain activity when imagining writing, given the many years since his injury. For illustrative purposes only. Image Credit: Pixabay Tokyo: Paralysed from the neck down, the man stares intently at a screen. As he imagines handwriting letters, they appear before him as typed text thanks to a new brain implant. The 65-year-old is "typing" at a speed similar to his peers tapping on a smartphone, using a device that could one day help paralysed people communicate quickly and easily.