PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Demonstrating an important milestone for the longevity and utility of implanted brain-computer interfaces, a woman with tetraplegia using the investigational ...

The BrainGate Neural Interface System is currently an investigational device that allows some people with severe brain injuries and motor disabilities to regain the capacity to communicate and control ...

In recent years, a brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by the US BrainGate consortium has allowed people to control a robotic arm and to type, using only their thoughts. Now, a group of paralyzed ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In an important step toward a medical technology that could help restore independence of people with paralysis, researchers find the ...

"We've found through our FES work that we can stimulate the muscles in a patient's neck and produce arm movements, for example" Kirsch said. "The big problem that we've had is determining an effective ...

FOXBOROUGH, MA and CLEVELAND, OH – October 13, 2005 – Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: CYKN) (Cyberkinetics), Case Western Reserve University (Case) and the Cleveland FES ...

STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- In a recent experiment, a woman suffering from A.L.S. was able to express her thoughts by typing on a screen, not with her fingers but with her brain waves. She was able to ...

Innovations in the decoders of the investigational BrainGate brain-computer interface now allow the system to recalibrate itself. Users can work with BrainGate for longer sessions without ...

A patient in the BrainGate trial pictured with the Brown Wireless Device used to send data from intracortical sensors to an external decoding system. (Credit: braingate.org) Mind reading has long been ...

Coming on the heels of the Neuralink announcement earlier this month—complete with video showing a monkey playing Pong with its mind, thanks to a wireless brain implant—researchers with the BrainGate ...

Machines that connect to the human brain to gather and interpret its electrical signals have wide-ranging potential, from enabling paralyzed people control over robotic prostheses to supplementing ...

Expanding the power of thought The implantable BrainGate neural interface can detect and record brain signals, allowing persons who have lost the use of arms and legs to have point-and-click control ...