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A Paralyzed Man Just Regained the Sense of Touch, Thanks to a Brain Implant

Posted in Medicine on 15th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

Researchers have developed a set of brain implants that allowed a paralyzed man to feel sensations through a robot arm.

Pentagon Research Could Make 'Brain Modem' a Reality

Posted in Science on 28th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Until recently, an impossible technological feat: developing a high-bandwidth neural interface that would allow people to beam data from their minds to external devices and back.

Australian Scientists to Begin Trials of Fully Implantable Bionic Eye

Posted in Medicine on 28th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists are ready to begin trials of a new, fully implantable bionic eye. It is expected that it will be better than the current vision restoration devices.

Researchers develop dissolvable wireless sensors to monitor brain injury

Posted in Hardware on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Researchers have developed biocompatible brain implants that can monitor brain injury before completely dissolving.

Implant could bring tears of joy to 'dry eye' sufferers

Posted in Medicine on 12th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

The device may cause patients to produce more tears, when wirelessly activated.