The BrainGate Neural Interface System is currently an investigational device that allows some people with severe brain injuries and motor disabilities to regain the capacity to communicate and control ...

STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- In a recent experiment, a woman suffering from A.L.S. was able to express her thoughts by typing on a screen, not with her fingers but with her brain waves. She was able to ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In an important step toward a medical technology that could help restore independence of people with paralysis, researchers find the ...

Bill Kochevar grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and drank through the straw. His motions were slow and deliberate, but then Kochevar hadn’t moved his right arm or hand for eight years. And ...

Editor's Note: This writer was a colleague of the founder of SpeakYourMind in Brown University's BrainGate lab. A week before Maggie Worthen was due to graduate from Smith College, she suffered a ...

Loss of communication can be among the most devastating symptoms for patients with paralysis. A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute and Brown University ...

FOXBORO - The company at the forefront of developing technology that allows severely disabled people to communicate and control various aspects of their homes by harnessing their brain waves appears ...

Quadriplegics may be celebrating their own independence day in the not-too-distant future. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently cleared a pilot study of the BrainGate Neural Interface System ...