New approach for studying neural circuits offers advantages over both microelectrodes and fluorescence-based optical techniques that require genetic modifications. Researchers at UC Santa Cr... Read more
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and School of Medicine (SOM) have, for the first time, demonstrated simultaneous control of two of the world’... Read more
It sounds like science fiction: controlling electronic devices with brain waves. But researchers have developed a new type of electroencephalogram (EEG) electrode that can do just that, with... Read more
Study Is Step Toward One Day Treating People with Speech Loss UC San Francisco scientists recently showed that brain activity recorded as research participants spoke could be used to create... Read more
Combing out a tangled problem Machines are getting cozy with our cells. Embeddable sensors record how and when neurons fire; electrodes spark heart cells to beat or brain cells to fire; neur... Read more
Carnegie Mellon University engineers and cognitive neuroscientists have demonstrated that a new high-density EEG can capture the brain’s neural activity at a higher spatial resolution than e... Read more
In a Stanford-led research report, three participants with movement impairment controlled an onscreen cursor simply by imagining their own hand movements. A clinical research publication led... Read more
A computer interface that can decipher the thoughts of people who are unable to communicate could revolutionize the lives of those living with completely locked-in syndrome, according to a n... Read more
Groundbreaking study demonstrates potential to help millions of people with disabilities Researchers at the University of Minnesota have made a major breakthrough that allows people to contr... Read more
In the UMC Utrecht a brain implant has been placed in a patient enabling her to operate a speech computer with her mind. The researchers and the patient worked intensively to get the setting... Read more
ASU researcher creates system to control robots with the brain A researcher at Arizona State University has discovered how to control multiple robotic drones using the human brain. A control... Read more
Melbourne medical researchers have created a new minimally invasive brain-machine interface, giving people with spinal cord injuries new hope to walk again with the power of thought. The bra... Read more
Multi-year research project aims to give a measure of independence to paralyzed people. This technology has shown that it works well and is easy to use. For someone suffering from paralysis... Read more
