Publication/Creation Date

November 14 2022

Creators/Contributors

Whitney Clavin (creator)
Richard E. Andersen (contributor)
Sarah Wandelt (contributor)
Tianqiao And Chrissy Chen Brain-Machine Interface Center (contributor)

Description

"New Caltech research is showing how devices implanted into people's brains, called brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), could one day help patients who have lost their ability to speak. In a new study presented at the 2022 Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego, the researchers demonstrated that they could use a BMI to accurately predict which words a tetraplegic participant was simply thinking and not speaking or miming."

Augments

Thinking, Communicating, Speaking

Technology Keywords

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), Brain-Machine Interface (BMI), Brain Implants, Algorithms , Digital Telepathy

Keywords

Futurism, Transhumanism, Research, Communication, Speech, Language, Tetraplegia, Paralysis, Brain Injuries, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Disabilities

Source

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/brain-machine-interface-device-predicts-internal-speech