April 13, 2004
BrainGate
Again, the stuff of science fiction becomes a reality. A company called Cyberkinetics has created a technology that allows for the creation of direct, reliable and bi-directional interfaces between the brain, nervous system and a computer.
Their technology platform is called BrainGate. It is the hope of this technology to translate thought into direct computer control. Cyberkinetics describes that "such applications may include novel communications interfaces for motor impaired patients, as well as the monitoring and treatment of certain diseases which manifest themselves in patterns of brain activity, such as epilepsy and depression."
The BrainGate neural interface device is based on ten years of development at Brown University, it is intended to provide severely disabled patients with a permanent, direct and reliable interface to a personal computer. Pending continued preclinical research success and regulatory approval by the Food and Drug Administration, the Company intends to initiate a pilot clinical trial this year.
AATP Interactive recently discussed computer brain interfaces based on work being done in University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and presented at the Society for Neuroscience 2003 Annual Meeting.
Posted by rsk at April 13, 2004 11:28 AM