A tiny implant placed in a Michigan woman’s brain is now carrying a very big question. Can a fully implanted, wireless device give speech back to people who are losing it? Doctors at University of ...

The number of people with electrodes in their brains is believed to have more than doubled in the last couple of years. This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first ...

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A coin-sized device with no battery, no wires, and no deep surgical penetration into the brain just cleared its biggest regulatory hurdle. In late April 2026, the FDA granted Motif Neurotech an ...

This article is part of "5G and Connectivity Playbook," a series exploring some of our time's most important tech innovations. In March 2020, Dr. Leigh Hochberg and his colleagues realized two ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Neurosurgeons at University of Michigan Health completed the first-in-human implant of a Paradromics Inc., wireless brain-computer interface, or BCI, as part of a national clinical ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Elon Musk's brain-computer interface (BCI) startup, Neuralink, has announced it has received approval to test its BCI implant with an assistive robotic arm ...

Recently, a neurotech company called Paradromics made headlines by successfully implanting its brain-computer interface (BCI) in a human for the first time. The procedure happened at the University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Matthew Willsey (middle) secures the Connexus BCI after implantation. (CREDIT: University of Michigan) A tiny implant placed ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...