Surgery-free Neuralink rival enables thought-controlled smart home

Neurotech company Synchron has been making massive strides over the past couple of years. It’s just announced that a trial participant has used its brain-computer interface (BCI) to turn on the lights in his home, see who is at the door, and choose wha… Continue reading Surgery-free Neuralink rival enables thought-controlled smart home

Thought-to-text chip smaller than Neuralink achieves 91% accuracy

The brain-machine interface race is on. While Elon Musk’s Neuralink has garnered most of the headlines in this field, a new small and thin chip out of Switzerland makes it look downright clunky by comparison. It also works impressively well.Continue Re… Continue reading Thought-to-text chip smaller than Neuralink achieves 91% accuracy

Second Human Neuralink Brain Implant Recipient Uses It For CAD and Videogaming

As Neuralink works towards getting its brain-computer interface technology approved for general use, it now has two human patients who have received the experimental implant. The second patient, [Alex], received …read more Continue reading Second Human Neuralink Brain Implant Recipient Uses It For CAD and Videogaming

Blood vessel brain implant brings mind control to Apple’s spatial computer

Rather than cut a chunk of skull away to install a brain-computer interface like Neuralink, Synchron feeds electrodes up through the jugular vein to the motor cortex. Now the tech has enabled an ALS sufferer hands-free control of Apple’s Vision Pro.Con… Continue reading Blood vessel brain implant brings mind control to Apple’s spatial computer

‘Brain-in-a-jar’ biocomputers can now learn to control robots

Biocomputing is one of the most bizarre frontiers in emerging technology, made possible by the fact that our neurons perceive the world and act on it speaking the same language as computers do – electrical signals. Human brain cells, grown in large num… Continue reading ‘Brain-in-a-jar’ biocomputers can now learn to control robots

Neuralink hopes to get brain implant right on second try

Noland Arbaugh was in a swimming accident in 2016 that left him a quadriplegic. In January of this year, he became the first person to receive Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant called the Link that would eventually allow him to have telekinetic power… Continue reading Neuralink hopes to get brain implant right on second try

Brain implants are becoming obsolete, like old phones. What happens next?

Huge advances in medical technology have led to increasingly advanced implanted neurological devices, such as deep brain, vagal nerve, and spinal cord stimulators. Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a wireless brain-computer interface (BCI), is one of the more wel… Continue reading Brain implants are becoming obsolete, like old phones. What happens next?