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

Brandon Patterson’s wildest dream for the brain-computer interface is to someday be able to drive his wheelchair with his mind, like Professor X in the X-Men comics.

While these examples may sound like science fiction, the science to develop neurotechnologies like these is already in development. Brain-computer interfaces, or BCI, are technologies that decode and ...

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 ...

Elon Musk co-founded Neuralink in 2016 to develop brain-machine interfaces. The first product — the N1 implant — focuses on allowing patients with paralysis to control computer cursors with their mind ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Brain-computer interfaces promise breakthroughs in restoring lost function and beyond. But they also raise ethical and societal questions about the linking ...

In the first four months of 2026, three brain-computer interface companies earned FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, a ...

Already, brain-computer interfaces have helped to control epileptic seizures and decrease tremors in patients with Parkinson’s disease. The next wave will tackle even more complex applications, like ...

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is advancing on two fronts in 2026: consumer-focused EEG devices like Neurable’s licensed headset tech, and clinical implants from companies securing FDA ...

A new kind of neural interface system that coordinates the activity of hundreds of tiny brain sensors could one day deepen understanding of the brain and lead to new medical therapies. Brain-computer ...

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 ...

Brandon Patterson has been through a lot in the nine years since rolling a Jeep left him paralyzed. Now he's on the leading edge of science.