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A livestream by Neuralink on Wednesday introduces the public for the first time to the first human recipient of its brain implant.

Neuroscience and Brain

Paralyzed Neuralink Patient Playing “Civilization VI” With His Mind

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk is claiming that the first human to get a Neuralink chip can move a mouse with their mind — but we have to take his word for it.

Prosthetics and Devices

Elon Musk Claims First Neuralink Patient Now Moving Mouse With Mind

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's Neuralink has implanted its first brain chip into a human subject — which is freaky given what happened to all those monkeys.

Prosthetics and Devices

Here’s What Happened to Monkeys That Got the Neuralink Implant

By Noor Al-Sibai

Multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk claims Neuralink has successfully implanted a wireless brain chip into a human for the first time.

Prosthetics and Devices

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted Brain Chip in Human Subject

By Victor Tangermann

As the world inches closer to mind-reading tech, some scientists are calling to legally enshrine the right to keep our thoughts to ourselves.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Concerned About Devices That Literally Read Your Mind

By Noor Al-Sibai

After a decade of research, scientists have managed to recreate a song from brain recordings with the help of AI.

Scientists Extracted a Pink Floyd Song From Someone’s Brain Waves. Here’s What It Sounds Like.

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

US regulators denied Elon Musk's Neuralink's application to start testing the company's brain chips in humans last year, Reuters reports.

Neuroscience and Brain

Regulators Reportedly Rejected Elon Musk’s Application to Test Brain Chips in Humans

By Victor Tangermann

Research has linked brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to bizarre, unpredictable cognitive changes — some that might completely alter your sense of self.

Neuroscience and Brain

Brain Chips Like Neuralink Cause Strange Cognitive Changes, Doctors Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After leaving Neuralink in 2021, Max Hodak is back with a brain-computer interface startup of his own — and his plans are pretty next-level.

Virtual Reality

Neuralink Cofounder Says New Company’s Eye Implant Could Be “Ultimate” VR Tech

By Noor Al-Sibai

During a show and tell, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off what his brain computer interface (BCI) startup Neuralink has been working on.

Prosthetics and Devices

Elon Musk Shows Off Monkey That Can Type With Brain Implant Instead of Typewriter

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of robotic arms allowed a partially paralyzed man to eat with a knife and fork, an impressive demonstration that could help many people.

Prosthetics and Devices

Robotic Arms Allow Paralyzed Man to Eat Cake With Knife and Fork

By Victor Tangermann

Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak has announced that he has personally invested in Synchron, a rival brain-computer interface startup.

Neuralink Cofounder Invests in Rival That’s Beaten Elon Musk to Human Trials

By Tony Ho Tran

Leadership at Neuralink, the brain-computer interface startup cofounded by Elon Musk, has been an absolute disaster, according Fortune.

Former Employees Say Elon Musk Was an Absolutely Terrible Boss

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is an Absolute Disaster, Former Employees Say

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is an Absolute Disaster, Former Employees Say

By Tony Ho Tran

Former Feinstein Institutes neuroengineer Viktor Tóth taught three rats to play "Doom II" using a virtual reality set up. Here's how he did it.

Scientist Who Trained Rats to Play “Doom II” Says He May Start Twitch Channel

By Tony Ho Tran

A new MIT research center aims to merge humanity with tech like brain-computer interfacesor robotic limbs in order to treat or erase physical disabilities.

RX and Medicine

MIT Establishes New Initiative to Meld Humans and Machines

By Dan Robitzski

The neurotech company Synchron got FDA approval to start testing its brain implant in human volunteers, beating Neuralink and other rivals to the punch.

Neuroscience and Brain

Tiny Neuralink Rival Wins Race for Approval To Test Brain Implant in Humans

By Dan Robitzski

A new neural implant was able to decode a paralyzed man's thoughts and turn them into words written on a screen, granting him the ability to communicate.

Neuroscience and Brain

Brain-Reading Tech Turned a Paralyzed Man’s Thoughts Into Words

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook announced that is is abandoning plans to develop a brain-computer interface headset capable of turning brain signals into spoken words.

Facebook Abandons Plans for Mind-Reading Headset

By Victor Tangermann

A new brain-computer interface system can determine whether you'll be attracted to specific faces, even before you look at them.

Brain-Reading Machine Detects Who You Have a Crush On

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company Neuralink recently showcased a macaque playing "Pong" with its mind. Researchers in the field are unimpressed.

Neuroscience and Brain

Famed Neurobiologist Slams Neuralink’s Monkey Demo

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk revealed today that Neuralink's first product will allow someone with paralysis to "use a smartphone [...] faster than someone using thumbs."

Elon Musk Says Neuralink’s First Product Will Control Smartphone With Brain Implant

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's Neuralink has shown off an impressive new feat: a nine year old macaque called Pager playing a game of pong only using the signals in its brain.

Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Releases Video of Monkey Playing Pong With Its Mind

By Victor Tangermann

Max Hodak, Neuralink co-founder, has an idea for an entirely new religion — and it involves tripping on natural substances to feel the grace of God.

Neuralink Co-Founder Has an Idea for a New Religion

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists discovered that they could use precise ultrasound to read neural activity and even predict behavior before it happens.

Neuroscience and Brain

Caltech Scientists Say They Can Read Human Brain With Ultrasound

By Dan Robitzski

A new approach to brain-computer interface takes away implants and replaces them with millions of nanoparticles that can read neural activity.

Neuroscience and Brain

DARPA Is Funding Nanoparticles That Permeate Brain to Read Neural Signals

By Dan Robitzski

A company Brain Scientific is developing an "e-tattoo" that can be injected under the skin in epilepsy patients and scan their brains for looming seizures.

Prosthetics and Devices

This Startup Wants to Tattoo Brain-Reading Electrodes on Your Skull

By Dan Robitzski

Valve CEO Gabe Newell says his company is working on a brain-computer interface (BCI) headset that can make video games more immersive than ever.

Gaming CEO: Brain Interfaces Will Allow Us to Edit Our Feelings

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to electrodes implanted in his brain, a man was able to feed himself with two robotic arms, controlling them with nothing more than his thoughts.

RX and Medicine

Watch a Quadriplegic Man Feed Himself With Two Bionic Arms

By Dan Robitzski

In a leaked company meeting, Facebook showed off recent progress on the brain-reading technology its been developing for years.

Leaked Meeting: Facebook Working on Device to Read Your Brain

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army is trying to develop technology that could read a soldier's thoughts, allowing them to communicate silently.

Neuroscience and Brain

The US Army Is Developing Tech That Reads Soldiers’ Minds

By Dan Robitzski

A new brain-computer interface doesn't actually touch the brain or require open-skull surgery. Rather, it snakes through the jugular vein and listens in.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Brain-Computer Interface Doesn’t Even Need to Touch the Brain

By Dan Robitzski

A scientist who won an Ig Nobel for his work on vibrating earthworms with a speaker say their research may be the key to brain-computer interface.

Science & Energy

Scientist: Please Stop Laughing at My Research About Placing Earthworms on Loudspeakers

By Dan Robitzski

A new brain-computer interface system can generate an image of a face based just on someone's neural activity as they picture certain characteristics.

Neuroscience and Brain

New System Reads Your Brain Waves, Draws a Picture of What You’re Thinking About

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers from Monash University in Melbourne is preparing to implant a bionic eye as part of the world's first human clinical trials.

Prosthetics and Devices

Doctors Are Preparing to Implant the World’s First Human Bionic Eye

By Victor Tangermann

But not everybody was impressed with Neuralink's recent demo. To many experts, the demo seems to have raised far more questions than it was able to answer.

Prosthetics and Devices

Neuroscientist: There Was a Huge Problem With Neuralink’s Demo

By Victor Tangermann

On Friday, Elon Musk held a prototype product demo for Neuralink. But experts in the crowd remain unimpressed by his bold, unsubstantiated claims

Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink’s Demo Didn’t Impress Experts

By Dan Robitzski

According to Musk, brain computer interfaces in the future will allow us to ditch the headphones and beam music straight to our brains.

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Will Stream Music Straight Into Your Brain

By Victor Tangermann

Technology developed by a nonprofit specializing in medical tech has allowed a man to feel and move his hand again after a spinal chord injury.

Cutting-Edge Brain Implant Lets Paralyzed Man Move and Feel Again

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists built a neural net that connected artificial brain cells to living biological ones, which signalled back and forth over the internet.

Neuroscience and Brain

Artificial and Biological Neurons Just Talked Over the Internet

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk revealed that his secretive brain-computer interface startup Neuralink is working on an "awesome" new version of the company's prototype.

Elon Musk Says Upcoming Version of Neuralink is “Awesome”

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. military is developing non-invasive technology that would allow soldiers to control drones with just their brain.

The Pentagon Wants to Control Drones With Soldiers’ Brain Waves

By Kristin Houser

Facebook Just Bought a Brain-Computer Interface Startup

Facebook Just Bought a Brain-Computer Interface Startup

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook has announced it's collaborating with researchers to build a real-time brain decoding device that could help patients with neurological damage.

Facebook is Making Progress on Its Mind Reading Headset

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's Neuralink announced that it's almost ready for human experimentation. People on Twitter want to offer up their brains.

People Are Begging Elon Musk to Drill Holes in Their Skulls

By Dan Robitzski

Neuralink, a company Elon Musk founded to link the human brain to computers, is finally ready to update the world on what it's been doing for two years.

Elon Musk’s Brain-Computer Startup Neuralink Breaks Silence

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created the first noninvasive mind-controlled robot arm that exhibits the kind of smooth motion that previously required a brain implant.

New Mind-Controlled Robot Arm First to Work Without Brain Implant

By Kristin Houser

"Brain Talker," a computer chip designed specifically for use in brain-computer interfaces, could help the devices finally reach the mainstream.

Prosthetics and Devices

China Unveils First Chip Designed Specifically for Mind-Reading

By Kristin Houser

A brain-computer interface can connect three people's brains, letting them transmit thoughts to each other to collaborate in a game of Tetris.

This Machine Lets You Play “Tetris” With Your Brain

By Dan Robitzski

A new brain-computer interface device can translate the neural signals controlling someone's vocal tract into full sentences of audible speech.

Health & Medicine

Amazing Device Turns Thoughts Into Audible Sentences

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk hinted at the announcement by his startup Neuralink, possibly of a brain-machine interface that could one day hook human brains up to computers.

Elon Musk: Brain-Computer Interface Update “Coming Soon”

By Victor Tangermann

The Stentrode, the first neural implant that doesn't require open surgery, is poised to begin clinical trials to help paralyzed people communicate.

This Neural Implant Accesses Your Brain Through the Jugular Vein

By Dan Robitzski

Mike Abinder, in-house psychologist and researcher for Valve, talked about exciting possibilities of adding brain-computer interfaces to VR headsets.

Virtual Reality

Expert: VR Headsets Should Have Brain Interfaces

By Victor Tangermann

In an interview, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about a device that could one day allow users to navigate menus or even type using their minds alone.

Zuckerberg: Facebook is Building a Machine to Read Your Thoughts

By Victor Tangermann

New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech

New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech

By Dan Robitzski

Think You Could Do More if You Just Had an Extra Hand? You’re Probably Right.

Prosthetics and Devices

Think You Could Do More if You Just Had an Extra Hand? You’re Probably Right.

By Kristin Houser

This Crazy Gadget Helps You “Talk” To Your Computer Without Words

Internet Of Things

This Crazy Gadget Helps You “Talk” To Your Computer Without Words

By Alexandra Ossola

Aliens, Autonomous Cars, and AI: This Is the World of 2118

Self-Driving Vehicles

Aliens, Autonomous Cars, and AI: This Is the World of 2118

nissan brain computer interface autonomous vehicles driving

Nissan’s Brain-To-Vehicle Interface Could Make Driving Safer by Scanning Your Brain

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets Us Read Memories

Neuroscience and Brain

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets Us Read Memories

By Sarah Marquart

Experts: Artificial Intelligence Could Hijack Brain-Computer Interfaces

Experts: Artificial Intelligence Could Hijack Brain-Computer Interfaces

We’ll Soon Have the Power to Decode and Manipulate the Human Brain

Artificial Intelligence

We’ll Soon Have the Power to Decode and Manipulate the Human Brain

Here’s Why Uploading Your Brain to a Computer May Make You Inhuman

Here’s Why Uploading Your Brain to a Computer May Make You Inhuman

By Michael Bess