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 ...

OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup. The ...

In August, the Financial Times reported that OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is part of Merger Labs’ founding team ...

Merge Labs envisions controlling devices using your brain - without implanting hardware in your body OpenAI, having invested ...

There’s currently no cure for paralysis. But recent scientific endeavors show that we’re on the brink of revolutionizing treatment for people with severe spinal cord injuries. When patients become ...

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 ...

When someone loses the ability to speak because of a neurological condition like ALS, the impact goes far beyond words. It touches every part of daily life, from sharing a joke with family to simply ...

Neurosurgeon and Engineer Dr. Ben Rapoport, co-founder of Precision Neuroscience, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the emerging technology of brain implants and ...

Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise. Owen Collumb, a Cybathlon race pilot who has been ...

In Alexandre Dumas’s classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo, a character named Monsieur Noirtier de Villefort suffers a terrible stroke that leaves him paralyzed. Though he remains awake and aware, ...

The patient, a 37-year old man with ALS, was able to communicate despite not having any voluntary muscle control. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...