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New advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology may make speech for those who've lost the ability to do easier than ever before. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Say They’ve Found a Way to Vocalize the “Inner Voices” of People Who Can’t Speak

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's brain chip company is entering its next phase of experiments: seeing if patients can move a robotic arm using their minds. 
Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Testing Robot Arm Controlled by Brain Chip

By Noor Al-Sibai

Using an amazing new brain chip, a man who'd lost the ability to speak is now able to communicate his thoughts out loud using his own voice.
Prosthetics and Devices

Groundbreaking Brain Chip Allows Man With ALS to “Speak” Again

By Noor Al-Sibai

Neuralink has implanted its second brain chip into a human — even as the first person to ever get one admits that his has lost functionality. 
Prosthetics and Devices

As Neuralink Implants Second Subject’s Brain, First Patient Says His Doesn’t Work as Well Anymore

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite issues manifesting in its first implantee, the FDA has given Neuralink the green light to implant a brain chip in a second patient.
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink Jamming Wires Deeper Into Second Patient’s Brain

By Noor Al-Sibai

During a recent interview, the other cofounder of Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant startup, said that he left due to safety concerns. 
Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Cofounder Says He Quit Because of Safety Concerns

By Noor Al-Sibai

Gabe "Gaben" Newell, the man behind Steam, has for years been quietly building a BCI company — and it just came out of stealth.
Prosthetics and Devices

Gabe Newell, the Man Behind Steam, Is Working on a Brain-Computer Interface

By Noor Al-Sibai

The brain computer interface (BCI) device can be used by inexperienced patients to play games within just a few sessions.
Neuroscience and Brain

New Brain Cap Lets People Play Video Games With Their Minds

By Frank Landymore

A congressman is taking on the FDA for allowing Neuralink to implant a chip into a human's brain without touring its facilities first.
Prosthetics and Devices

The FDA Didn’t Inspect Neuralink Before Granting Human Trial Approval

By Noor Al-Sibai

The first person to ever get a Neuralink transplant previously had questions about the company — but his concerns, apparently, were quelled. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink Told Its First Human Patient Not to Worry About Those Gruesome Monkey Deaths

By Noor Al-Sibai

The first person to ever get a Neuralink implant in their brain learned about the company when a friend called him under the influence.
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink’s First Patient Heard About Brain Implant in Drunk-Dial From Friend

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk says that no monkey "has died as a result of a Neuralink implant" and that Neuralink only tests on terminally ill animals.
Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Tests Only on Terminally Ill Monkeys

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

We talked to Keith Thomas, the first paralysis patient to receive a movement and feeling-restoring double neural bypass surgery.
Brain

His Entire Body Was Paralyzed. Then They Put AI-Powered Chips in His Brain

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A woman whose epilepsy was greatly improved by an experimental brain implant was devastated when she was forced to have it removed.
Neuroscience and Brain

Doctors Remove Woman’s Brain Implant Against Her Will

By Noor Al-Sibai

Claire "Grimes" Boucher wanted a brain-computer interface (BCI) for her birthday — and one of Neuralink's apparent competitors was happy to comply.
Brain Implants

Grimes Using Custom Brain Interface From Elon Musk Competitor

By Noor Al-Sibai

A pair of philosophers sounded the alarm on the dystopian applications they see being ushered in by brain-computer interface (BCI) technology.
Computers

Experts Warn: Brain-Computer Interfaces Will Usher In the Singularity

By Noor Al-Sibai