No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He's still finding new ways to use it.

Cornell researchers have used high-resolution 3D imaging to detect, for the first time, the atomic-scale defects in computer chips that can sabotage their performance. The imaging method, which was ...

Scientists already know about the therapeutic uses for focused ultrasound, especially for certain neurological disease like Parkinson’s. Now, AI companies are forming or investing in start-ups that ...

Last summer, a team of researchers reported using a brain-computer interface to detect words people with paralysis imagined saying, even without them physically attempting to speak. They also found ...

Michigan Medicine opened the Brain-Computer Interface Clinic — one of the first of its kind in the nation — on Dec. 16, 2025 to provide neurological assessments for patients with speech and motor ...

Abstract: A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a technology that enables a person to interact directly with an external device without relying on muscles, voice, or physical movement. One such ...

OpenAI is continuing its push into healthcare by investing in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup co-founded by its CEO, Sam Altman. Merge Labs is a new competitor to Elon Musk’s Neuralink, ...

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 ...

Just when you thought the circular deals couldn’t get any more circular, OpenAI has invested in CEO Sam Altman’s brain computer interface (BCI) startup Merge Labs. Merge Labs, which defines itself as ...

Abstract: With the increasing number of people with disabilities and other social problems, brain-computer interface (BCI) plays an increasingly important role in the field of medical rehabilitation.

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