Whether it’s jacking into the Matrix or becoming a Na’avi in Avatar, connecting brains to computers is a science-fiction trope that I never thought I’d see become a reality. But increasingly, BCIs ...

What are brain-computer interfaces? Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are devices that allow for the action or control of an external device from brain signals. These technologies have a broad range of ...

Startups have developed chips that allow people to control machines with their thoughts. Billionaires are betting these brain ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

OpenAI Group PBC has invested in Merge Labs Inc., a startup developing hardware that will enable users to control computers with their thoughts. Merge Labs is building a brain-computer interface, or ...

A man who hasn’t been able to move or speak for years imagines picking up a cup and filling it with water. In response to the man’s thoughts, a robotic arm mounted on his wheelchair glides forward, ...

Brandon Patterson’s wildest dream for the brain-computer interface is to someday be able to drive his wheelchair with his ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI and XR for Forbes. At CES 2026, LumiMind presented its brand new closed-loop EEG sleep ...

Anew brain-computer interface (BCI) developed at UC Davis Health translates brain signals into speech with up to 97 percent accuracy — the most accurate system of its kind. The researchers implanted ...