O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...
Brain-computer interfaces are a groundbreaking technology that can help paralyzed people regain functions they’ve lost, like moving a hand. These devices record signals from the brain and decipher the ...
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 ...
On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Brain-computer interfaces promise breakthroughs in restoring lost function and beyond. But they also raise ethical and societal questions about the linking ...
- A patient with ALS in the United States is the first person in the world to use Amazon Alexa via an implantable brain computer interface to interact with and control his environment. NEW ...
This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Thursday, October 31st. I'm ...
A man who hasn’t been able to move or speak for years imagines picking up a cup and filling it with water. In response to the man’s thoughts, a robotic arm mounted on his wheelchair glides forward, ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synchron, a brain computer interface (BCI) company, today announced the results from a study in which four people with ALS received an implant of Synchron’s Stentrode™ ...