A recent study published in Nature Medicine provides evidence that a specialized brain implant can allow a person with severe ...

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) sound like science fiction to most people. But this technology is getting real, quickly.

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A new study demonstrates that a person with severe paralysis caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can use a brain-computer interface (BCI) at home to communicate, work and interact with the ...

The country wants to become a global leader in brain implants. Strong government support is expected to help accelerate that ...

In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a grain of sand, can receive electrical signals and respond to them — much as ...

Organoid intelligence sounds like sci-fi. But it’s here. See how it’s reshaping disease modelling, drug discovery, AI, robotics.

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There will come a time, in the not-so-distant future, when you decide to stick a computer chip in your brain. At least, that’s what D. Scott Phoenix told the audience at TED 2026 in Vancouver last ...

The technology is still in its infancy. But its trajectory suggests that ethical conversations may become pressing far sooner than expected. These “biocomputers” are still in their early days. They ...

The human brain is remarkably complex, with trillions of connections that control how you move, think and feel. Yet it’s still vulnerable to debilitating conditions such as paralysis, stroke, epilepsy ...