Brain Implants
Europe
New Type of Spine Stimulation Helps Patients Walk, Paddle a Canoe
A revolutionary new system that uses electrical spinal stimulation to nerves, simulating the impulses that they normally get from the brain, has restored function in three patients who had been completely unable to move their legs or torso.
Although electrical...
Science
Elon Musk’s Brain Chip Firm Neuralink Set to Start Human Trials
Billionaire Elon Musk is taking his brain implant startup to the next level and starting clinical trials in humans. Musk’s firm Neuralink previously had success inserting their microchip into the brain of a macaque monkey and a pig.
Musk believes...