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Experts say that neural implants that can deliver pleasure directly to our brains are coming soon. The question is what it will mean for us when they do.

Prosthetics and Devices

What Are the Ethics of an Implant That Delivers Pleasure Directly Into Your Brain?

By Dan Robitzski

Max Hodak, the former president of Neuralink who recently started a new neurotech company, says that furries are frequently reaching out.

Brain Implant Entrepreneur Says His Inbox Is Filled With Furries

By Dan Robitzski

An experimental neural implant seems to restore both muscular control over and sensation in people's limbs, even when a spinal cord injury is in the way.

Neuroscience and Brain

Tiny Neural Implant Could Give Spinal Injury Patients Control Over Their Own Limbs Again

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

Triggering a completely wireless neural implant made rats become social with one another, but only until the signal turned off.

Science & Energy

A Brain Implant Made Mice Immediately Become Friends

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists developed a neural implant they can both control and recharge remotely, cutting down on the need for battery-changing surgeries.

Prosthetics and Devices

Remote Controlled Neural Implant Controls Rats’ Brains

By Dan Robitzski

Entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk sat down with podcaster Joe Rogan to chat about the future of AI and its role in the symbiosis of man and machine.

Elon Musk: Neuralink Will Do Human Brain Implant in “Less Than a Year”

By Victor Tangermann

As brain-computer interface and neural implant technology improves, the Royal Society argues we may soon be able to communicate telepathically.

Scientists: Brain Implants Could Essentially Make Us Telepathic

By Dan Robitzski

A neural implant nicknamed the "bionic face" can help treat facial paralysis by stimulating paralyzed muscles with electricity.

A “Bionic Face” Brain Implant Could Treat Facial Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures

By Dan Robitzski

This Week in Tech: Sept 15-21

This Week in Tech: Sept 15-21

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA just unveiled a research project that lets people control multiple jet planes at once with just their thoughts. For now, it requires invasive surgery.

Military Pilots Can Control Three Jets at Once via a Neural Implant

By Dan Robitzski

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets us Share Physical Sensations

Neuroscience and Brain

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets us Share Physical Sensations

By Victor Tangermann

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have a Location-Tracking Implant from Black Mirror

Prosthetics and Devices

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have a Location-Tracking Implant from Black Mirror

By Kristin Houser