Yang, wearing an air-filled glove on his right hand, firmly held a cup, lifted it, took a sip and put it back down. This simple action, which most people take for granted, is a miraculous feat for Yang, as he has been bedridden for 14 years due to a car accident that left him paralyzed.

The technology that enabled him to go from paralysis to being able to “drink water with his mind” is called brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. China makes breakthrough in brain-computer interface technology - Mero Tribune