Tiny Implant Records Brain Signals

⊲ WIRED ⊳ Paradromics, a brain-computer interface startup, has successfully implanted its device, Connexus, into a human patient for the first time and recorded neural signals from the temporal lobe. This device, equipped with 420 electrodes, aims to help individuals with speech difficulties due to spinal injuries, strokes, or ALS by translating brain signals into speech and text. The procedure, conducted at the University of Michigan, involved inserting the device temporarily during brain surgery. Paradromics plans to conduct longer trials and hopes to restore communication for people with paralysis by decoding their intended speech through neural signals.
⊲ Image – Paradromics ⊳