doing brain-machine interfaces, you're going to read my mind. that's not what we're doing here. what we're trying to do is extract information from the brain to move things to help people regain mobility that they've lost or maybe never had. >> his name is miguel nicoleilis. he's got a cutting edge of a new field called neuroprosthetics. >> it went from an idea that was impossible when i was first injured ten years ago, to probable. to inevitable. >> helping people walk again is just one of his passions. >> science for sure is one of them. education is the other. you know, and soccer. >> now he's scheming to combine all three. so i went to the brazilian government. i said what about if we shocked the world. >> his plan? have a paralyzed teen kick off the 2014 world cup in brazil. and teach the world that science