believe it or not story about ian burkhart a year and a half ago he moved his hand once with his own thoughts. wait until you see what his brainwaves are doing now. lots of college aged students spend hours playing guitar hero but the fact that ian burkhart is doing it is nothing short of incredible. paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident in 2010, ian couldn't move a finger. >> kind of like it was before i had my injury where i just think about what i want to do and now i can do it. [ applause ] >> reporter: ian made international headlines in 2014 becoming the first paralyzed patient to move his hand using his own thoughts. that day he simply picked up ai spoon. today he is not only playing videogames but pouring objects from a cup and swiping credit cards all with the aid of a computer chip that ian controls with his brain. >> years later his function improved significantly so he >> reporter: in 2014, neurosurgeons implanted the computer chip in his brain at the ohio state university wexner medical center. that chip is connected to wires that come from ian's head and are

. >> brown: five years ago, as a college freshman, ian burkhart dove into a wave at a north carolinand broke his neck on the sandy ocean floor, leaving him paralyzed from theom chest down. now, in a medical first, he has regained some movement in his hands and fingers through technology-- including a tiny chip inserted in his brain and communicates his thoughts directly to his hand muscles. he's learned to perform simple tasks-- even play a guitar video game. >> it is so fluid. i just think about what i want to do, and now i can do it. >> brown: the work by researchers at ohio state university and battelle memorial institute is not a cure for paralysis, and burkhart must be connected to computers in a lab in order to use his hands. but it's another big advance in the field of neural engineering. and science correspondent miles o'brien has been follow these developments, and joins me now. miles, this is essentially a new way of getting directly from the brain to the hand? >> reporter: exactly, jeff. think of it as a jumper cable. his brain is fine. his mysteries are still there. the a

adults dost american these things every day, but not even -- ian burkhart.for someone like him, picking up a revolutionary achievement. his arms and legs have been paralyzed for years. new technology has allowed him to become the first paralyzed man to use his own hand. >> when we first took everything hooked everything up, it was a big shock. i had moved for about -- had not moved my hand for about 3 1/2 years. the biggest dream would be to get movement in both of my hands back. shirli: a new device bypasses the spinal cord. scientists placed a chip on his brain's motor cortex. the chip transports messages to this -- transmits the message is to this can -- the messages to this computer, which determines which kinds of movement the patient wants to make. right now it is limited for laboratory use, but we hope that within a decade, with advances in research and collaboration across the world, we are able to have this technology more available for patients to use at home. shirli: the program could help many patients, including those who have suffered a stroke

ian burkhart has a chip in his head connected to the sleeve on his arm and it moves his hand and arm and muscles when he thinks about the task. >> when they first hooked everything up for the first time and i could move my hand it was a big shock. it's something i haven't moved in 3 1/2 years at that point. now it's more something where i expect it to move. >> researchers say the technology used to help them could one day assist others with paralysis and the findings are published. >>> a new tool may help police figure out if you are distracted driving before a crash. police in new york state could be equipped with phone scanners which analyze text. opponents say it's a violation of civil liberties and supporters say the technology would not access personal data.>>> it's not a band of rogues quarrels but a cadre of criminals behind the theft of california grown walnuts and pistachios. growers lost nearly $5 million just last year and the thieves hacked into a trucking company computer, stole an identity, and pose as legitimate truckers. a truckload full pistachios could be worth as m

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