The initial aim is to help someone who has had a stroke or who has a motor degenerative disease like ALS or other physical problems communicate directly through the implant to an outside device like a phone, tablet or computer.
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New technology from researchers at Duke University might one day help people unable to talk due to neurological disorders regain the ability to communicate through a brain-computer interface.
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RALEIGH – Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies are no longer hypothetical, yet there are fundamental aspects of the technology that remain unaddressed by both ethicists and policy-makers. Two new papers address these issues by outlining the outstanding ethical issues, offering guidance for addressing those issues, and offering particular insight into...
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From drugs to electronic implants, researchers are actively working on the development of new technologies aimed at improving an individual’s cognitive abilities, motor skills and other attributes. And this raises a lot of questions. An NCSU professor discusses the issues of neuroenhancement.
Read MoreAI assisted brain-computer interfaces, with significant research underway at Duke University, may help the blind see and the paralyzed walk, but should the research be regulated?
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