First-of-its-kind tech restores movement, feeling to quadriplegic man

Combining brain implants, AI, and electrical stimulation, a team of researchers, engineers and surgeons has developed a novel ‘double neural bypass’ technology that has restored arm movement and sensation to a quadriplegic man. It’s hoped the technolog… Continue reading First-of-its-kind tech restores movement, feeling to quadriplegic man

Twisty device monitors brain activity from inside the ear canal

Serving multiple useful purposes, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) usually incorporate scalp-applied or even brain-implanted electrodes. A new less-invasive BCI, however, can simply be stuck in the patient’s ear canal as needed.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Twisty device monitors brain activity from inside the ear canal

Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding

Last year, Monash University scientists created the “DishBrain” – a semi-biological computer chip with some 800,000 human and mouse brain cells lab-grown into its electrodes. Demonstrating something like sentience, it learned to play Pong within five m… Continue reading Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding

Clever Aussie brain-computer interface leaves your skull intact

Brain-computer interfaces place electrodes right next to certain brain areas, reading electrical activity to convert specific thoughts and intentions into signals that can be used to control computers, mobile devices, and theoretically other things lik… Continue reading Clever Aussie brain-computer interface leaves your skull intact

Neuralink gets FDA approval for human trials, but others are way ahead

Several years after Elon Musk’s “aspirational” timeframe, Neuralink has announced it’s received FDA approval for the first human trials of its brain-computer interface. But it’s worth noting that another company has already done more than 50 implants.C… Continue reading Neuralink gets FDA approval for human trials, but others are way ahead

Groundbreaking AI system reads minds and produces text without implants

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have created a mind-reading AI system that can take images of a person’s brain activity and translate them into a continuous stream of text. Called a semantic decoder, the system may help people who ar… Continue reading Groundbreaking AI system reads minds and produces text without implants

Noninvasive Sensors for Brain–Machine Interfaces Based on Micropatterned Epitaxial Graphene

As fun as brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are, for the best results they tend to come with the major asterisk of requiring the cutting and lifting of a section of the …read more Continue reading Noninvasive Sensors for Brain–Machine Interfaces Based on Micropatterned Epitaxial Graphene

Neuralink gives a wide-ranging update on its brain chip progress

Neuralink has given a rare update on its brain-computer interface, including some new telepathic typing from monkeys, a new surgical robot, and early progress toward restoring sight in the blind and returning movement and sensation to paraplegics.Conti… Continue reading Neuralink gives a wide-ranging update on its brain chip progress

Thin, flexible sensor records brain activity in record-breaking detail

Scientists have developed an advanced new brain sensor that promises to take the safety and efficiency of cancer and epilepsy treatment into new terrain. The groundbreaking device is able to record electrical signals from the brain’s surface in record-… Continue reading Thin, flexible sensor records brain activity in record-breaking detail