A team at UC Davis has made a major leap in neurotechnology, enabling a man with ALS to speak again through a brain-computer interface that converts thoughts into speech in real time. Unlike prior ...

Neuralink has reached another milestone in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, with ALS patient Nick Wray successfully using his thoughts to control a robotic arm. The demonstration, part of ...

University of California, Davis researchers have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that enables computer cursor control and clicking, using neural signals from the speech motor cortex. One ...

An ALS patient named Kenneth shares how a Neuralink brain implant restored his ability to communicate in his own voice ...

A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has become the first person in the world to control an iPad entirely by thought, according to neurotech company Synchron. This means Mark Jackson, 65 ...

Brain-computer interface experiments began more than 20 years ago Technology decodes brain signals that control speech and movement Elon Musk's Neuralink is a major player in field, along with ...

Since then, scientists have designed and developed BCIs that have enabled people with quadriplegia to control a computer cursor, a robotic arm, and even move their own limb. Recently, a person with ...

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 ...

The brain-computer interface developer Synchron has shown that its minimally invasive device can help connect a patient with an iPad, allowing them to control the device entirely by thought using ...