Before a car crash in 2008 left her paralysed from the neck down, Nancy Smith enjoyed playing the piano. Years later, Smith started making music again, thanks to an implant that recorded and analysed ...
A person can bite their tongue to avoid blurting out a secret, but a surgically implanted brain computer interface can reveal words that were never meant to be spoken. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a ...
Neuroscientists have long listened to the brain’s electrical spikes, but those loud crackles are only the final output of a ...