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·April 5, 2022·7 min read

System Helps Severely Motor-Impaired Individuals Type More Quickly and Accurately

Nomon, a newly designed flexible system, incorporates probabilistic reasoning to learn how users with motor impairments and paralysis make selections when typing and adjust the interface to improve speed and accuracy.

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·April 8, 2019·2 min read

Five Australian patients to trial new brain reading device to help speech and movement

A minimally invasive brain implant is to be tested on humans for the first time. The device, named Stentrode, will be placed in blood vessels in the motor cortex, and researchers believe it will help improve movement and speech for those with a range of neurological disorders.

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·November 21, 2018·7 min read

Brain Computer Interface Enables People with Paralysis to Control Tablets

Researchers report a brain computer interface can enable those with paralysis to directly operate tablet technology just by thinking about cursor movements and clicks.

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·February 5, 2018·3 min read

That’s Music To My Brain

A new study reveals machine learning technology is able to analyze brain activity and determine which piece of music a person is listening to.

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·March 13, 2017·3 min read

Locked-In ALS Patients Answer Yes or No Questions with Wearable fNIRS Device

fNIRS technology is allowing ALS patients who are 'locked in' to communicate, a new study reports.

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·January 31, 2017·5 min read

Brain Computer Interface Allows Completely Locked In People to Communicate

Researchers have developed a BCI that can decipher and communicate the thoughts of those with locked in syndrome.

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·November 14, 2016·5 min read

Implant Allows Locked In ALS Patient to Operate Speech Computer With Her Brain

A wireless neural implant has allowed a locked in ALS patient to operate a speech computer with her brain activity.

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·October 25, 2016·3 min read

Can A Brain Computer Interface Convert Your Thoughts to Text?

Brain-to-text system could help people with speech difficulties to communicate, researchers report.

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·January 28, 2016·5 min read

Decoding Brain Signals at Almost the Speed of Perception

Researchers used electrodes implanted into the temporal lobes of patients to decode brain signals at nearly the speed of perception.

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·August 28, 2015·2 min read

Giving Paralyzed People a Voice

New technology allows paralyzed people and those with locked in syndrome to communicate by using their breath.