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  1. Memory Implants

    A maverick neuroscientist believes he has deciphered the code by which the brain forms long-term memories.
    April 23, 2013

  2. The Thought Experiment

    In a remarkable study, a paralyzed woman used her mind to control a robotic arm. If only there were a realistic way to get this technology out of the lab and into real life.
    June 17, 2014

  3. Reached Via a Mind-Reading Device, Deeply Paralyzed Patients Say They Want to Live

    A brain-computer interface records “yes” and “no” answers in patients who lack any voluntary muscle movement.
    January 31, 2017

  4. This Paralyzed Man Is Using a Neuroprosthetic to Move His Arm for the First Time in Years

    To reverse paralysis, scientists wired a man’s brain to his muscles using electronics.
    March 28, 2017

  5. ARM Wants to Put Its Chips Inside Your Brain

    Neural implants are all the rage in Silicon Valley. Now the well-known chip designer thinks its low-power processors could help make them a reality.
    May 17, 2017

  6. Government Seeks High-Fidelity “Brain-Computer” Interface

    A challenge by DARPA asks scientists to develop ways to record from a million neurons at a time.
    February 2, 2016

  7. With Neuralink, Elon Musk Promises Human-to-Human Telepathy. Don’t Believe It.

    Why the billionaire is wrong that telepathy technology will be available in a few short years.
    April 22, 2017

  8. Brain Control of Paralyzed Limb Lets Monkey Walk Again

    A step toward repairing spinal cord injury with electronics.
    November 9, 2016

  9. Telepresence Robot for the Disabled Takes Directions from Brain Signals

    Brain control becomes a more practical way to control robots when the machines can do some things for themselves.
    November 30, 2015

  10. Patient Shows New Dexterity with a Mind-Controlled Robot Arm

    With twice as many electrodes in her brain as previous study participants, a paralyzed woman can move a robotic arm with unprecedented flexibility.
    December 17, 2012

  11. A Bendable Implant Taps the Nervous System without Damaging It

    Swiss researchers allow rats to walk again with a rubbery electronic implant.
    January 8, 2015