A brain-computer interface has, for the first time, restored fluent everyday speech to a person who had lost it — a man with ALS who had not spoken aloud in years until a small implant from the BrainGate clinical trial began translating his attempts to sp
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"A brain-computer interface has, for the first time, restored fluent everyday speech to a person who had lost it — a man with ALS who had not spoken aloud in years until a small implant from the BrainGate clinical trial began translating his attempts to sp" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 2 articles from 2 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (2)
- Brain-computer interface trials are taking off MIT Technology Review · 147d ago
- A brain-computer interface has, for the first time, restored fluent everyday speech to a person who had lost it — a man with ALS who had not spoken aloud in years until a small implant from the BrainGate clinical trial began translating his attempts to sp Space Daily · 147d ago
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