Apple is getting into the brain-computer interface (BCI) business, reveals a press release from New York-based startup Synchron. The idea is to enable people with limited mobility to use iPhones, ...

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Fallout season two kicked off with a bang… Literally, if you’re one of a few unlucky people who cross paths with Mr. House or Hank MacLean. But what is it that’s making people’s heads go bang?Fallout ...

China’s brain-computer interface industry is growing fast, and the newest company to emerge from the country is aiming to access the brain without the use of invasive implants. Gestala, newly founded ...

Rodney Gorham recently passed a milestone that few people have reached. He’s had a brain-computer interface implanted for five years. Made by startup Synchron, the experimental implant allows him to ...

Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise. Owen Collumb, a Cybathlon race pilot who has been ...

BCIs mark a paradigm shift in neurotherapeutics, where cognition and intent can directly influence external digital and mechanical systems. As the technology matures, BCIs are becoming central to ...