ALS patient, 47, gains ability to speak and sustain full-time job using experimental brain-computer interface

“It is very sweet to have the ability to look at my wife’s eyes when she hears my voice and conjures up a sweet memory,” ...

Two years, 2 million words: How a brain implant transformed an ALS patient’s life

For the past six years, Casey Harrell’s life has felt like a slow-motion car crash. At 42, he began to lose his voice to the ...

Brain-computer interface enables independent, accurate communication for man living with ALS

A new study demonstrates that a person with severe paralysis caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can use a ...
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.
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.
The Scientist

Brain-Computer Interface Lets Users Communicate Using Thoughts

Since then, scientists have designed and developed BCIs that have enabled people with quadriplegia to control a computer cursor, a robotic arm, and even move their own limb. Recently, a person with ...
FierceBiotech

Synchron links brain-computer interface to iPad through new Apple protocol

The brain-computer interface developer Synchron has shown that its minimally invasive device can help connect a patient with an iPad, allowing them to control the device entirely by thought using ...
Medical Xpress

Designing brain–computer interfaces is now easier than building with LEGO

Imagine being able to compose an email or steer a wheelchair directly with your thoughts. For millions of people living with neurological disorders such as ALS, this possibility could be life-changing ...