The number of people with electrodes in their brains is believed to have more than doubled in the last couple of years.

Rose covers disability and mental health, and she helps write STAT’s daily Morning Rounds newsletter. Confidential tips can be sent to Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11. Nearly 20 years after ...

A new study demonstrates that a person with severe paralysis caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can use a ...

A new brain-computer interface (BCI) developed at UC Davis Health translates brain signals into speech with up to 97% accuracy—the most accurate system of its kind. The researchers implanted sensors ...

What are brain-computer interfaces? Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are devices that allow for the action or control of an external device from brain signals. These technologies have a broad range of ...

Imagine being able to compose an email or steer a wheelchair directly with your thoughts. For millions of people living with neurological disorders such as ALS, this possibility could be life-changing ...

It might soon be "game over" for the video game controller. Yale researchers have developed a new kind of brain-computer ...

Chinese-developed device for people with paralysis reaches market approval ahead of Neuralink, highlighting a major step in ...

Recently, a neurotech company called Paradromics made headlines by successfully implanting its brain-computer interface (BCI) in a human for the first time. The procedure happened at the University of ...

When a new technology shows promise, performance-wise and commercially, innovation does not stop. To the contrary, it gathers pace. New medical devices typically emerge from competing groups of ...