A brain-computer interface reads signals from the brain and turns them into commands for a computer, a robotic arm or a prosthetic limb. Some use implants and others use sensors on the scalp. These stories cover the devices and the people testing them.
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Northwestern University engineers have created printed artificial neurons that generate realistic electrical signals capable of activating living brain cells.
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China has approved the world's first commercial brain computer interface implant. Neuracle's coin-sized device reads neural signals to restore hand movement in…
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Nine engineers behind cochlear implants, brain-computer interfaces, and spinal stimulation share the 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
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The 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering honours nine researchers whose collective work created the four pillars of modern neural interface technology.
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Bioengineers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a submicrometre-thick mesh microelectrode array that integrates directly into embryonic neural tissue during natural development.
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Researchers at the K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a promising new approach to muscle control using optogenetics.
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Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a groundbreaking biohybrid neural implant that uses induced pluripotent stem cells to prevent scar…
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Stanford scientists have created a brain implant that allows a man who is paralyzed to type up to 90 words per minute.
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The co-founder of Neuralink - Max Hodak - has raised some interesting questions about the merits of bio-diversity after suggesting we build…
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Brain implants have allowed a tetraplegic patient to control a whole-body exoskeleton with brain signals.
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Cyborgs are no longer science fiction! The field of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) is rapidly growing and could provide a blueprint to design…
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Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well. Should you be worried?…
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Once considered a subset of electrical engineering, electronic and electronic systems engineering has now emerged as an essential field in its own right, mirroring…
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Have you ever used a mobile phone, cooked your food in a microwave, or flicked the lights on a dark winter morning? Electrical technology…