Brain implants have long been trapped in the realm of science fiction, but a steady trickle of medical trials suggests
Billions of dollars are flowing into a clutch of specialist companies hunting for treatments for some of the most debilitating ailments.In May, a Dutchman paralysed in a motorcycle accident regained the ability to walk thanks to implants that restored communication between his brain and spinal cord.
And the money has continued to flood in thanks, in part, to rapid improvements in artificial intelligence , used by researchers to interpret the data from the implants. The firm got permission from the US authorities in 2021 to test its implant, and has since rolled it out to nine people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis — the motor neurone disease that physicist Stephen Hawking suffered from.
But he was only ever able to do that in a lab and the implant, known as a Utah array, was far from comfortable. In May, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin said they had used brain scans and AI modelling to glean “the gist” of what people were thinking.
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