Our vision for this technology 20 years in the future is that doctors would be able to implant multiple neural networks into the brains of patients suffering from stroke or brain damage that result in paralysis. These neural networks/ neuromicrochips would take over the function of damaged neurons in the motor cortex.      

  

    This technology will be able to correct damage done to only the motor cortex of the brain. Each of these neural networks will have to be specific for different motor functions in different parts in the body: for example, the hands, legs, mouth, face, etc. Also as shown in the homunculus the mouth and thumb have a large representation in the brain so we would need to have a greater number of neural networks representing these parts of the body. These neural nets have to be trained individually to recognize different weights (the amount that a signal is multiplied before being given to a neuron) in order to execute different actions and movements.        

                                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Once the neural networks are implanted a nerve-stimulating enzyme would be released in that area from the microchips via the fullerenes of the neural net. Fullerenes are geodesic spheres consisting of 60 carbon atoms. These fullerenes would contain neurotropic enzymes. These domes would be stimulated by the neural nets to release the nerve-stimulating enzyme at giving intervals. These enzymes would cause the healthy axons and dendrites to connect with the input and output devices of the microchips of the neural networks. This would allow a connection to be made to the healthy motor neurons of the brain. The enzyme released would also enhance the connections of remaining cells. Another fullerene located in the microchips of the neural nets would slowly release suppressant drugs into the brain at given intervals so that the cells in the brain would not reject the inorganic neural net allowing it to function properly.

These neural networks would be able to receive information afferently via sensory cells in the body as well as be activated by thought. The thought processes and sensory input would determine our actions. The brain would send electrical impulses through the microchips and depending on the weight of the impulses the chips would send different messages to other parts of the body to initiate many types of actions. The goal here is to have paralyzed patients be able to regain control of their paralyzed limbs using their own thought processes!