Brain-Computer Interfaces

From BrainGate's 2006 demonstrations of paralyzed patients controlling cursors with thought alone to Neuralink's 2024 human implant, BCIs bridge the gap between neural activity and external devices. This technology is 40% faster than the average alternative assistive interfaces, achieving 100 characters per minute typing speed in clinical trials—a 25% improvement over BrainGate's initial rates—and it outperforms #2 Neuroplasticity in speed of neural adaptation for direct control, with current systems requiring only 10 days of training to reach functional proficiency.