Imagine a world where a person paralysed and mute due to “locked-in syndrome” can communicate with family by thought, where the cognitive ability of a surgeon could be greatly enhanced or where signs ...

The studies claim their results were significant improvements over earlier examples, though the error rate was still high in both cases. Two new studies show the ...

At the boundaries of systems neuroscience and engineering sits neuroengineering. A field that has brought advances in neurotechnology with life-changing implications for patients affected by nervous ...

Brain-computer technology has long lived in science fiction, but it is gradually becoming a real field of medicine and computing. Researchers and technology companies are now building systems that ...

A new research paper argues that emerging brain–computer interface (BCI) technologies are not just medical tools but ...

Elon Musk is a big idea kind of guy. The billionaire businessman is behind the electric car manufacturer Tesla as well as the space exploration company, SpaceX. Musk’s newest big idea is Neuralink, a ...

Neuralink plans to mass produce its brain implants from 2026 and relies on specially developed robots. The machines are ...