THAT CASE IS ALSO ONGOING. >> THANKS SO MUCH, EVA. >> THANKS SO MUCH, EVA. >> A STUNNING MEDICAL >> A STUNNING MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH HELPING A MAN WHO W >> A STUNNING MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH HELPING A MAN WHO O BREAKTHROUGH HELPING A MAN WHO O IS PARADISE FOR OVER A DECADE IS PARADISE FOR OVER A DECADE WALK AGAIN. WALK AGAIN. VISITORS TO THE USED ARTIFICIAL VISITORS TO THE USED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO BE CONNECT HIS INTELLIGENCE TO BE CONNECT HIS BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD AND GIVES BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD AND GIVES DOCTORS AND PATIENTS A NEW DOCTORS AND PATIENTS A NEW REASON FOR HOPE. REASON FOR HOPE. WILL REEVE HAS THE STORY. WILL REEVE HAS THE STORY. THIS HOLDS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE THIS HOLDS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR YOU. FOR YOU. >> Will: MY DAD WAS >> Will: MY DAD WAS CHRISTOPHER REEVE AND HE CHRISTOPHER REEVE AND HE SUFFERED A SPINAL CORD INJURY. SUFFERED A SPINAL CORD INJURY. HE DEDICATED THE FINAL YEARS OF HE DEDICATED THE FINAL YEARS OF HIS LIFE ARE FIGHTING FOR A CURE HIS LIFE ARE FIGHTING FOR A CURE PARALYSIS AND FOR MANY REASONS, PARALYSIS AND FOR MANY REASONS, I WISH HE WAS HERE TODAY TO SEE I WISH HE WAS HERE TODAY TO SEE FOR THE VISITORS COMPARED TO FOR THE VISITORS COMPARED TO SPEAK SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE SPEAK SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION BUT IT'S REAL AND HOLDS FICTION BUT IT'S REAL AND HOLDS GREAT PROMISE. GREAT PROMISE. FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE. FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE. THIS MORNING, A MEDICAL THIS MORNING, A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. BREAKTHROUGH. RESEARCHERS USING THE POWER OF RESEARCHERS USING THE POWER OF ONE MAN'S THOUGHTS TO HELP ONE MAN'S THOUGHTS TO HELP OVERCOME HIS DECADE-LONG PATTERN OVERCOME HIS DECADE-LONG PATTERN WITH PARALYSIS. WITH PARALYSIS. STICKER YOU DREAM OF WALKING. STICKER YOU DREAM OF WALKING. >> Will: OVERNIGHT, SPEAKING >> Will: OVERNIGHT, SPEAKING WITH "ABC NEWS" DESCRIBING THE WITH "ABC NEWS" DESCRIBING THE 2011 MOTORCYCLE CRASH THAT LEFT 2011 MOTORCYCLE CRASH THAT LEFT HIM PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST HIM PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. DOWN. I TRIED EVERYTHING AT HOME. I TRIED EVERYTHING AT HOME. TRYING TO STAND UP AND MAKING TRYING TO STAND UP AND MAKING STEPS BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. STEPS BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. >> Will: LAST YEAR, >> Will: LAST YEAR, RESEARCHERS IN SWITZERLAND RESEARCHERS IN SWITZERLAND SURGICALLY INSERTED ELECTRONIC SURGICALLY INSERTED ELECTRONIC IMPLANTS TO THE AREAS OF HIS IMPLANTS TO THE AREAS OF HIS BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD THAT BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD THAT CONTROL MOVEMENT. CONTROL MOVEMENT. WITH THE HELP OF ARTIFICIAL WITH THE HELP OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AI, THE BUILD WHAT INTELLIGENCE, AI, THE BUILD WHAT THEY BUILD A DIGITAL BRIDGE THEY BUILD A DIGITAL BRIDGE BETWEEN HIS BRAIN AND SPINE, BETWEEN HIS BRAIN AND SPINE, BYPASSING HIS INJURIES ARE BYPASSING HIS INJURIES ARE ESSENTIALLY PUTTING HIS THOUGHTS ESSENTIALLY PUTTING HIS THOUGHTS INTO ACTION. INTO ACTION. >> I THINK ABOUT MOVING MY LEG >> I THINK ABOUT MOVING MY LEG AND THEN THE STIMULATION GIVE ME AND THEN THE STIMULATION GIVE ME THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE STEP OF THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE STEP OF >> Will: THIS HAS BEEN USED IN >> Will: THIS HAS BEEN USED IN MEDICINE FOR DECADES. MEDICINE FOR DECADES. NOW RESEARCHERS THINK THIS IS NOW RESEARCHERS THINK THIS IS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PROCEDURE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PROCEDURE OF ITS KIND, AI BEING USED AS A OF ITS KIND, AI BEING USED AS A THOUGHT DECODED, PROCESSING WHAT THOUGHT DECODED, PROCESSING WHAT THE NEURONS IN THE BRAIN REGION THE NEURONS IN THE BRAIN REGION ARE TRYING TO DO AND SENDING ARE TRYING TO DO AND SENDING THAT SIGNAL TO THE SPINE. THAT SIGNAL TO THE SPINE. >> WE ESTABLISH THIS >> WE ESTABLISH THIS COMMUNICATION WITH THE DIGITAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE DIGITAL BRIDGE THAT TRANSFORMS THE BRIDGE THAT TRANSFORMS THE THOUGHTS INTO ACTION. THOUGHTS INTO ACTION. >> Will: IS SMALL STEPS A >> Will: IS SMALL STEPS A POTENTIALLY GIANT LEAP FOR POTENTIALLY GIANT LEAP FOR PATIENTS WITH SPINAL CORD PATIENTS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY. INJURY. EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC CLIMATE EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC COSCAM'S IMPLANTSARE TURNED OFF EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC COSCAM'S IMPLANTSARE TURNED OFFE EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC COSCAM'S IMPLANTSARE TURNED OFFS EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC COSCAM'S IMPLANTSARE TURNED OFFY EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC COSCAM'S IMPLANTSARE TURNED OFF EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC COSCAM'S IMPLANTSARE TURNED OFFE EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC COSCAM'S IMPLANTSARE TURNED OFFI EVEN ONE FROM A DOWN ECONOMIC COSCAM'S IMPLANTSARE TURNED OFFS COSCAM'S IMPLANTSARE TURNED OFFS STILL ABLE TO WORK WITH STILL ABLE TO WORK WITH PURCHASE. PURCHASE. THIS PROVIDES THE MOST VALUABLE THIS PROVIDES THE MOST VALUABLE CURRENCY FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY CURRENCY FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS, HOPE AND IT OFFERS PATIENTS, HOPE AND IT OFFERS EMPIRICAL PROOF OF THE FREED BY EMPIRICAL PROOF OF THE FREED BY WHICH MY FATHER LIVED, NOTHING WHICH MY FATHER LIVED, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. IS IMPOSSIBLE. WE ARE SEEING THAT NOW. WE ARE SEEING THAT NOW. A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR SPINAL CORD A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH. INJURY RESEARCH. YOU COULD SAY THAT WHAT WE ARE YOU COULD SAY THAT WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY IS A DIRECT IMPACT SEEING TODAY IS A DIRECT IMPACT ON WHAT HE WAS LOBBYING FOR A ON WHAT HE WAS LOBBYING FOR A 34. 34. BETTER IF I COULD BE A PROUD SON BETTER IF I COULD BE A PROUD SON FOR A MOMENT, YOU COULD DRAW A FOR A MOMENT, YOU COULD DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE FOR HIS ADVOCACY STRAIGHT LINE FOR HIS ADVOCACY FOR BRINGING SO MUCH ATTENTION FOR BRINGING SO MUCH ATTENTION AND RESEARCH TRYING TO FIND AND RESEARCH TRYING TO FIND CURES TO DEVELOPMENTS LIKE TODAY CURES TO DEVELOPMENTS LIKE TODAY AND SHE WAS HERE FOR A AND SHE WAS HERE FOR A MILLION VISITORS. MILLION VISITORS. MANY OF THE PERSONAL BUT ALSO HE MANY OF THE PERSONAL BUT ALSO HE WOULD BE THE FIRST IN LINE TO WOULD BE THE FIRST IN LINE TO SIGN UP FOR THE PROCEDURE. SIGN UP FOR THE PROCEDURE. HE ALSO SAID OWED TO BE A RAT. HE ALSO SAID OWED TO BE A RAT. HE WOULD BE THRILLED TODAY. HE WOULD BE THRILLED TODAY. THIS IS A HUGE MOMENT IN THE THIS IS A HUGE MOMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY. THE GUY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF THE GUY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING YOUR FOLKS, W