by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Design of in-ear bioelectronics. a Schematic diagram of in-ear EEG recording by SpiralE. b Pictures of SpiralE conformally adapting to the inner wall of the ear canal. Upper-right inset is a photograph captured by a medical endoscope. Lower-right inset shows the irregular three-dimensional structure of SpiralE after removal form ear....
by Nathi Magubane, University of Pennsylvania Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a significant step forward in neurotechnology, companies that make implantable brain-computer interfacing (BCI) devices, such as Neuralink, have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct human clinical studies. BCIs have been around for a few decades; however, many companies and institutes have...
Dyani Lewis Gert-Jan Oskam walks with the assistance of a crutch. A spinal-cord injury paralysed him below the neck 12 years ago, but a new device has given him mobility.Credit: CHUV/Gilles Weber Twelve years ago, a cycling accident left Gert-Jan Oskam, now 40, with paralysed legs and partially paralysed arms, after his spinal cord was...
More than two decades ago, a team researchers set out with an ambitious goal to provide people with paralysis a revolutionary neurotechnology capable of turning thoughts about movement into actual action, using a tiny device that would one day be implanted in the surface of the brain. Their work led to an ongoing effort to create the BrainGate brain-computer...
JULY 21ST, 2022 CONN HASTINGS EXCLUSIVE, NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY, REHAB Blackrock Neurotech, a medtech company based in Salt Lake City, has pioneered an array of brain-computer interface technologies. Medgadget last spoke with Blackrock Neurotech a year ago about their thought-to-text brain computer interface, but since the company signed an agreement with a research institution to develop portable brain computer interface...
by Frontiers Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Two robotic arms—a fork in one hand, a knife in the other—flank a seated man, who sits in front of a table, with a piece of cake on a plate. A computerized voice announces each action: “Moving fork to food,” and “Retracting knife.” Partially paralyzed, the man makes subtle...
by University of California – San Diego Artist rendition of the flexible, conformable, transparent backing of the new brain-computer interface with penetrating microneedles developed by a team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego in the laboratory of electrical engineering professor Shadi Dayeh. Credit: University of California – San Diego Engineering researchers have...
NEUROSCIENCE/BRAIN SCIENCE While Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that his brain-computer interface startup Neuralink is the future of human interactions with technology, many experts aren’t so convinced. Researchers and scientists spoke to The Daily Beast this week to express horror at Musk’s goal of connecting human brains to computers. Ultimately, at the heart of their trepidation is the infusion of Big...
Since they came into use by physicians and researchers, Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) or Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs) have provided ways to treat neurological disorders and shed light on how the brain functions. As beneficial as they’ve been, BCIs have potential to go far beyond the technology’s current capabilities. In a collaboration between the Yale School of...
