Brain–Computer Interfaces Beyond Science Fiction

Clinical implants are restoring speech and device control. Consumer headsets are not the same thing.

By Kimberley Vanessa Cheung · 11 min read · Subscribe to read full story

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Clinical brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) are restoring device control and speech for people with paralysis — backed by peer-reviewed studies and FDA-track trials.
Endovascular implants (Synchron) and intracortical arrays (Stanford, Neuralink) represent two distinct surgical approaches with different risk profiles.
Consumer EEG headsets are not the same category as implanted medical BCIs — conflating them fuels unrealistic expectations.

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