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Neuralink Denied Human Trial

US regulators rejected Elon Musk’s bid to test brain chips in humans
“Neuralink’s regulatory struggles stem largely from its culture of [MORE]

Advanced Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulator

Spinal implant inflates like a tiny air mattress
“By targeting the same mechanisms through which epidural anesthesia controls pain during childbirth, [MORE]

Regenerating Motor Neurons

Designer protein helps paralyzed mice walk again
“In a new study, German scientists have restored the ability to walk in mice [MORE]

“Targeting” Electrical Stimulation for Treating Paralysis

Walking after paralysis
Here’s a noteworthy statement: “All patients involved in the study recovered voluntary control of leg muscles that had [MORE]

Wireless Brain-Computer Interface

Wireless Brain Interface Transmitter
Three years ago, neuroscientists at Brown University released a video of a quadriplegic woman using a brain-machine [MORE]

Neuroprosthetic for the Central Nervous System

Neuroprosthetics
In a great example of interdisciplinary collaboration, bioengineers in Lausanne, Switzerland have developed a brain or spinal cord prosthetic that [MORE]

Wireless Brain Sensor

Wireless Brain Sensor
Since bioengineers at Brown University wowed the world in 2012, showing how a neuro implant allowed quadriplegic Cathy [MORE]

Wearable EEG Reader

Emotiv Insight Brainware
Philips Healthcare has announced proof of concept for a what might best be called a “thinking cap:” Here [MORE]

Google Glass as a Neural Device

Using Google Glass as Interface
Here’s a report from Kennesaw State University’s (Kennesaw, GA) “Brain Lab” of a neural control device [MORE]

GE’s Research on Neural Implants

Wireless Brain Implants for Paralysis
Neural implants that allow paralyzed people to “think’ their way to movement have been in the [MORE]

Bilateral Brain-Controlled Prosthetics

Monkeys controlling avatar with brain activity
Once again, truth is stranger than fiction.  Researchers at Duke University have implanted electrodes [MORE]

Ames Device for Paralysis Rehabilitation

Ames Device
This piece is about a device developed at the Oregon Health & Science University which stimulates muscle function [MORE]

A Giant Step for iPSC’s

In a “world’s first” for primates, researchers at Keio University in Tokyo implanted induced pleuripotent stem cells (derived from [MORE]

Eyegaze in Medical Applications

Our brains have highly precise control of our eyes.  And our eyes are the only parts of our brains that [MORE]