King of brings new meaning to "What will they think of next?" now that CyberKinetics have developed BrainGate, a device that allows people to control computers entirely by their thoughts. Using a ...
When Matt Nagle plays Pong on his computer, people watch with amazement. He doesn't win all the games, and most of the time he plays against himself, but he doesn't use his hands or any other part of ...
In recent years, a brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by the US BrainGate consortium has allowed people to control a robotic arm and to type, using only their thoughts. Now, a group of paralyzed ...
STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- In a recent experiment, a woman suffering from A.L.S. was able to express her thoughts by typing on a screen, not with her fingers but with her brain waves. She was able to ...
An intracortical BCI tdecodes attempted handwriting movements from neural activity in the motor cortex and translates it to text in real-time, using a recurrent neural network decoding approach. The ...
(Nanowerk News) Demonstrating an important milestone for the longevity and utility of implanted brain-computer interfaces, a woman with tetraplegia using the investigational BrainGate system continued ...
Scientists around the world are working on solutions that will help people who have paralysis to lead a more normal life. With the popularity of smartphones and tablets, one of the routine tasks that ...
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (September 10, 2020) -- Tufts University, together with alumnus Jeff Stibel and his partners, today announced the donation of BrainGate, Inc. ("BrainGate") and its patented ...
Researchers in Boston and at Brown University, as a part of the research project "Braingate," are using a tiny brain implant to allow severely paralyzed or "locked-in" patients to move a computer ...
In April 2011, 58-year-old Cathy Hutchinson served herself coffee. The action would have been unremarkable, except that Hutchinson served herself using a robotic arm that she controlled with her ...
An curved arrow pointing right. Worldwide, 6 million people suffer from paralysis, which robs them of their ability to move and sometimes to speak. But what if people who are paralyzed could control ...
This is a promotional post by WIRED Events. Three additional speakers have been announced for WIRED Health, on April 29, 2016. Newly confirmed on the event Main Stage are genomics pioneer and Human ...