Category Archives: BCI

Stentrodes: A Way To Insert Brain Electrodes Without Invasive Surgery

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When we think of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that use electrodes, we usually think of Utah arrays that are placed directly on the brain during open brain surgery, or with thin …read more Continue reading Stentrodes: A Way To Insert Brain Electrodes Without Invasive Surgery→

Brain-Computer Interfaces: Separating Fact From Fiction on Musk’s Brain Implant Claims

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When it comes to something as futuristic-sounding as brain-computer interfaces (BCI), our collective minds tend to zip straight to scenes from countless movies, comics, and other works of science-fiction (including more dystopian scenarios). Our mind’s eye fills with everything from the Borg and neural interfaces of Star Trek, to …read more

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Move A Robotic Hand With Your Nerve Impulses

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Many of us will have seen robotics or prosthetics operated by the electrical impulses detected from a person’s nerves, or their brain. In one form or another they are a staple of both mass-market technology news coverage and science fiction.

The point the TV journalists and the sci-fi authors fail to address though is this: how does it work? On a simple level they might say that the signal from an individual nerve is picked up just as though it were a wire in a loom, and sent to the prosthetic. But that’s a for-the-children explanation which is rather …read more

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