I first met Robert Woo in 2011, during his third time walking in a powered exoskeleton. The architect had been paralyzed in a construction accident four years earlier, but he was determined to get back on his feet. Watching him clunk across a rehab ro…
The startup specializes in “non-invasive” “mind-reading” tech—a kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications.
Human trials on the hybrid sensor are expected to begin in the years ahead.
Scott Imbrie vividly remembers the first time he used a robotic arm to shake someone’s hand and felt the robotic limb as if it were his own. “I still get goosebumps when I think about that initial contact,” he says. “It’s just unexplainable.” The mome…
Epia Neuro’s brain-computer interface will include a motorized glove to help stroke patients recover movement in their hand.
While the United States and Europe are moving cautiously forward with clinical trials, China is racing toward the commercialization of brain implants.
No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He’s still finding new ways to use it.