FeaturedNeuroscience·January 14, 2023·6 min readClinical Trial Results Indicate Low Rate of Adverse Events Associated With Implanted Brain Computer InterfaceStudy reports that implanted brain-computer interfaces are similar in safety to more conventional brain implants used to manage neurodegenerative disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscience·August 11, 2022·3 min readHow Brain-Monitoring Tech Advances Could Change the LawResearchers discuss different applications for neurotech including monitoring criminals, interacting in the metaverse, and enhancing cognitive abilities.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 29, 2021·5 min readResearchers Develop Wireless Networks That Allow Brain Circuits to Be Controlled Remotely Through the InternetA new system that combines neural implants with the internet of things can remotely control the brain circuits of numerous animals across the globe simultaneously and independently via the web.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 20, 2021·4 min readScientists Enable a Blind Woman to See Simple ShapesResearchers created a form of artificial vision for a blind woman with the aid of a brain implant position in the visual cortex. The results pave the way for the creation of visual brain prosthetics to help the blind to regain sight.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePsychology·September 3, 2021·3 min readEpilepsy Brain Implant Does Not Transform Patients’ Sense of Self or PersonalityResearchers report self-perception does not diminish nor does an individual's personality change as a result of closed-loop brain stimulation brain implants for the treatment of epilepsy.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 24, 2021·5 min readEvoking the Sense of Touch Through Brain Implant ElectrodesUsing minimally invasive brain implants, researchers evoked the sense of touch in patients who had lost tactile sensations. The technique could be used to restore tactile sensations to those with paralysis and neuropathy.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 10, 2021·6 min readImplanted Wireless Device Triggers Mice to Form Instant BondA new wireless, battery-less brain implant that harnesses optogenetics can manipulate social interactions in mice.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·December 12, 2020·2 min readBrain Implants Enable Man to Simultaneously Control Two Prosthetic Limbs with ‘Thoughts’A newly developed simultaneous brain-machine interface allowed a quadriplegic man to control two prosthetic arms with the power of his mind.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·May 14, 2020·3 min readDynamic stimulation of the visual cortex allows blind and sighted people to ‘see’ shapesA visual cortical prosthesis can restore sight by bypassing damage to the eyes and delivering visual information retrieved from a camera directly to the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 8, 2020·5 min readProtecting thin, flexible brain interfaces from the human bodyThin, flexible, next-generation of brain implants include more than a thousand electrodes and can survive for more than six years.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 30, 2020·6 min readEngineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implantsMIT researchers have developed a soft, flexible, 3D printed neural implants that can conform to the contours of the brain. The implant can monitor neural activity over long periods of time, without aggravating surrounding tissue.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 27, 2019·4 min readCould prosthetic limbs one day be controlled by human thought?Having identified a new, simpler way to study neural activity, researchers believe they are on track to creating a compact, low power and potentially wireless brain sensor that could make thought-controlled prosthetic limbs ubiquitous.Read More
