Finally, the signal received by the external signal receiver is interpreted and sent to devices such as iPad. A software device called brain.io is used here, and the interpretation of signals is based on machine learning methods.
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Specifically, brain.io will first let users complete some operations and record the corresponding brain waves. It will use machine learning to master the correspondence between brain waves and operations, and combine it with eye tracking and other methods to implement it on devices such as iPads. operation.
Of course, this technology didn’t just appear out of nowhere. Synchron, the company behind it, has been researching human-computer interfaces for several years.
On its official website, it clearly says "The brain unlocked", hoping to help patients restore certain normal functions by deciphering the brain's neural code.
The company's co-founder and CEO Thomas Oxley is a ivory coast telegram neurointerventional expert. He proposed a new "human-computer interface" concept as early as 2010. This kind of human-machine interface installs the neural recording device on a special stent and can be implanted without a craniotomy.
In 2012, Oxley founded SmartStent, which was later renamed Synchron in 2016. Initially, they focused on specific new treatments for specific patients, mostly paralysis caused by neurological diseases. Later, they gradually transitioned to developing and manufacturing auxiliary treatment technologies (such as human-machine interfaces).
Of course, researchers first conducted many experiments on animals such as sheep. In July last year, they finally received FDA approval and launched the first clinical trial on humans. Then it achieved immediate results——
They asked a 62-year-old patient to use an implanted human-machine interface to successfully send his first tweet: no buttons or sounds were required, the tweet was sent with his thoughts.
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