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Doctors implant first wireless brain-computer device designed to restore communication

A tiny implant placed in a Michigan woman’s brain is now carrying a very big question. Can a fully implanted, wireless device ...
University of California

Brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to ‘speak’

Anew brain-computer interface (BCI) developed at UC Davis Health translates brain signals into speech with up to 97 percent accuracy — the most accurate system of its kind. The researchers implanted ...
The Next Web

UC Davis brain implant lets ALS patient speak with 99% accuracy and work full time, no researchers needed

UC Davis researchers published a Nature Medicine study showing a BCI implant gave an ALS patient 99% accurate speech over two years of independent daily use.
MIT Technology Review

This man with ALS is “the first power user” of a brain implant that lets him speak

Casey Harrell uses his implants to talk to friends and family, read to his young daughter, and perform his job.
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Brain-computer interface restores ALS home communication

A man who struggled to even speak due to ALS communicated with his family at a speed of 56 words per minute at home. Although ...
Medical Xpress

Brain interface allows speech decoding and computer control in ALS patient

University of California, Davis researchers have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that enables computer cursor control and clicking, using neural signals from the speech motor cortex. One ...
Labroots

Brain computer allows man with ALS to converse with 97% accuracy

A groundbreaking study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has demonstrated the remarkable potential of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to restore communication in individuals ...
KTVU

Researchers use computer to give Bay Area man with ALS the gift of speech

A Bay Area man with ALS can now communicate, all thanks to a computer linked to his brain. Casey Harrell has ALS and can't speak, but a new Brain-Computer Interface developed by researchers at UC ...
Fast Company

Brain-computer interfaces tap AI to enable a man with ALS to speak

Brain-computer interfaces are a groundbreaking technology that can help paralyzed people regain functions they’ve lost, like moving a hand. These devices record signals from the brain and decipher the ...
Scientific American

Brain-to-Speech Tech Good Enough for Everyday Use Debuts in a Man with ALS

But a month after a surgery in which Harrell had four 3-by-3 millimeter arrays of electrodes implanted in his brain that July, he was suddenly able to tell his little girl whatever he wanted. The ...
Medical Xpress

New brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to 'speak' again

A new brain-computer interface (BCI) developed at UC Davis Health translates brain signals into speech with up to 97% accuracy—the most accurate system of its kind. The researchers implanted sensors ...
ucdavis.edu

Brain-Computer Interface Allows Man With ALS to ‘Speak’

Casey Harrell, a man with the progressive muscle disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), reacts to using a brain-computer interface to 'speak' for the first time. The device interprets brain ...