Tongue Control
Sensory feedback via the tongue might improve neural prostheses.Could the tongue help a paraplegic pick up a slippery glass or a soft, squishy kitten? Justin Williams and his colleagues at the...
View ArticleWheelchair Makes the Most of Brain Control
Artificial intelligence improves a wheelchair system that could give paralyzed people greater mobility.A robotic wheelchair combines brain control with artificial intelligence to make it easier for...
View ArticleBrain Coprocessors
The need for operating systems to help brains and machines work together.Ed Boyden, an Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering, and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, will give a...
View ArticleGiving Prosthetics a Sense of Touch
A study gives a first demonstration that brain-machine interfaces can include touch feedback.Brain-machine interfaces have made it possible for monkeys and some humans to control robotic limbs using...
View ArticleRats Communicate Through Brain Chips
Researchers show that animals can collaborate via a brain-to-brain interface.Pairs of rats can communicate through brain chips and collaborate to perform a task, report researchers in today’s...
View ArticleSamsung Demos a Tablet Controlled by Your Brain
An easy-to-use EEG cap could expand the number of ways to interact with your mobile devices.One day, we may be able to check e-mail or call a friend without ever touching a screen or even speaking to a...
View ArticleStruggling to Translate Neuroscience Gains Into Treatments
Despite promising results in controlling neuronal activity, leaders in brain research still wrestle over turning their work into treatments.Recent achievements in neurotechnology are nothing short of...
View ArticleAre Telepathy Experiments Stunts or Science?
Scientists have established direct communication between two human brains, but is it more than a stunt?Two scientific teams this year patched together some well-known technologies to directly exchange...
View ArticleWork Begins on Brain Stimulator to Correct Memory
Can deep brain stimulation affect how well and what we remember?For some of the approximately 10 million people worldwide with traumatic brain injury (TBI), forming and holding onto new memories can be...
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