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Scientists discover the brain can rewire itself to truly multitask https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-the-brain-can-rewire-itself-to-truly-multitask/ Implications for sensory substitution? Sensory overload?
Extensive experienc…

Scientists Discover the Brain Can Rewire Itself To Truly Multitask
Extensive practice can rewire the brain so a learned skill runs more automatically, making some forms of true multitasking possible.

Aus aktuellem Anlass eine Studie von 2025:
ChatGPT macht Sie alle dumm.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed three sessions under the same condition. In a fourth session, LLM users were reassigned to Brain-only group (LLM-to-Brain), and Brain-only users were reassigned to LLM condition (Brain-to-LLM). A total of 54 participants took part in Sessions 1-3, with 18 completing session 4. We used electroencephalo…

It has belatedly emerged that a 6-year-old girl in China who had a rare genetic disease
died a week after receiving the world's first brain gene-editing treatment.
The researchers released animal test results in the international journal Nature this year ahead of the treatment,
but did not disclose the already conducted clinical trial and the patient's death in the paper.
The international journal Science and the research-ethics outlet Retraction Watch reported…

China conceals child death after first brain base-editing trial, spurring ethics uproar - CHOSUNBIZ
China conceals child death after first brain base-editing trial, spurring ethics uproar Parents paid $860,000 as Shanghai Jiao Tong teams undisclosed base-editing trial ends in a childs death, prompting global ethics scrutiny

Dopamine, emotional regulation, healing, health and more - a great episode of Hidden Brain on 'what art does for your brain' with Daisy Fancourt and of course Shankar Vedantam
https://www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/what-art-does-for-your-brain/

What Art Does For Your Brain - Hidden Brain Media
Think about the last time a piece of music stopped you in your tracks, or a novel kept you up late at night. Why do these experiences feel so powerful? 

Ghost in the Shell to Neuralink: Inside the 2026 brain-computer interface trials turning cyberbrains into reality https://goearlybirdlab.com/2026/09/27/ghost-in-the-shell-to-neuralink-inside-the…

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260721000822.htm

"The testing data Six Flags handed over to inspectors was informed by safety standards from a committee composed of theme park operators and ride manufacturers, the outlet reported." Why do we keep relying on #Industry developed #SafetyStandards? Yes, industry reps must participate - b…

Rollercoaster at LA’s Six Flags shut after two riders suffered brain injuries, inquiry finds
X2 ride at Magic Mountain has been closed for a month after one rider experienced brain compression and another remains in coma

"The testing data Six Flags handed over to inspectors was informed by safety standards from a committee composed of theme park operators and ride manufacturers, the outlet reported." Why do we keep relying on #Industry developed #SafetyStandards? Yes, industry reps must participate - b…

Rollercoaster at LA’s Six Flags shut after two riders suffered brain injuries, inquiry finds
X2 ride at Magic Mountain has been closed for a month after one rider experienced brain compression and another remains in coma

The 60-second history of brain tech (from lobotomies to Neuralink) https://www.neurotechmag.com/p/the-60-second-history-of-brain-tech "What happens to a paralyzed patient’s device when the company that made it runs out of funding?"

The 60-second history of brain tech (from lobotomies to Neuralink)
A hundred years ago doctors were carving into frontal lobes with tools barely better than kitchen utensils. Now paralyzed patients type by thought alone. Here's how we got from one to the other.

budapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 112890 edges.
Tags: Biol…

Mate, which is developing a platform to allow AI agents to detect, respond to, and proactively hunt threats, raised a $35M Series A led by Canaan Partners (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryb30q8bge

Former Wiz and Microsoft veterans raise $35 million Series A to build the “operating system” for AI cybersecur
Mate Security says traditional security operations were not designed for AI-scale attacks. The startup is betting that trusted autonomous agents, powered by an “organizational brain,” will reshape how companies detect and respond to threats. 

Elon Musk's bandwidth argument for Neuralink has a problem: the brain itself https://glitchwire.com/news/elon-musks-bandwidth-argument-for-neuralink-has-a-problem-the-brain-itself/ The 10 bits per second problem (for decision m…

Elon Musk's Bandwidth Argument for Neuralink Has a Problem: The Brain Itself
Musk's latest X post frames Neuralink as the solution to human cognitive bottlenecks. New neuroscience research suggests the limitation isn't the interface, it's the architecture.

Good grief, my brain and I don't get along today.

I was today years old when I realized that the actresses ADA Claire Kincaid in Law & Order and Agatha in Agatha All Along played side by side in Crossing Jordan.
So my brain spun the idea of the two of them solving crimes in New York, in a supernatural Law & Order spinoff.
And yes, of course, there is already fanfic about this in AO3: Crossing Rio by DiscoPitts

ADHD Families Podcast
This podcast delivers practical strategies for parenting kids with ADHD, supporting executive function development, reducing overwhelm, and building systems that work with the ADHD brain...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/adhd-f

¿Quién se va a escuchar "Brain damage" y "Eclipse" todos los días de aquí al 12 de agosto?

Dopamine, emotional regulation, healing, health and more - a great episode of Hidden Brain on 'what art does for your brain' with Daisy Fancourt and of course Shankar Vedantam
https://www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/what-art-does-for-your-brain/

The Republican party in the USA continues to encourage a brain drain to the rest of the world (after benefiting for nearly a century from attracting highly educated scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs from around the globe).
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c209gd5jnq1o
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Canada poaches dozens of top US researchers for its universities
Researchers in fields like climate and medicine are being lured north by new research funding.

"Hindbrain" is going to be a pretty epic insult
Human brain is two separate organs, research finds https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-human-brain.html

Human brain is two separate organs, research finds
For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by Stanford Medicine reveals that what we call the brain is two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years.

#coffeeSnob
I don't want a coffee that "notes hints of cherry and cocoa."
I want a coffee that walks into my brain, flips a table over, and says, "Get up. We have responsibilities."

Hmm, a brain haemorrhage - I wonder if that will show up in his plastination:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjlnrn47lwo

'Dr Death', Body Worlds creator Gunther von Hagens, dies at 81
The family of the anatomist vowed to carry out his wish for his body to be preserved using the plastination technique he developed himself.

cintestinalis: Tadpole larva brain (C. intestinalis)
Entire connectivity matrix for the complete brain of a larva of Ciona intestinalis. Each directed edge represents a synaptic connection from pre-synaptic cell i to post-synaptic cell j (may not be a neuron). Edge weights represent the cumulative depth of presynaptic contacts in µm.
This network has 205 nodes and 2903 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted

New research shows that what we call the human brain is actually two ancient, independent nervous systems assembled side by side over hundreds of millions of years of evolutionary history.
“We’ve shown for the first time that the front of the brain arises from a totally different progenitor cell than the back of the brain,”
said Kyle Loh, Ph.D., associate professor of developmental biology at Stanford Medicine and senior author of the study.
“Our discovery means that we can …

The Brain Is Two Separate Organs Joined by Evolution - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience News provides research news for neuroscience, neurology, psychology, AI, brain science, mental health, robotics and cognitive sciences.

#Brain2Qwerty v2: a model to decode natural sentences from non-invasive magnetoencephalography (#MEG) recordings https://facebookresearch.github.io/brain2qwerty/ via @…

I'm not exactly sure what peptides are, but I assume it's brain worm food. :neocat_woozy:

Your brain is supplying the missing middle cherry.

Giants' Cam Skattebo on viral backflip fail, wild reputation: 'They wanna say I'm brain-dead ... who cares?'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cam-skattebo-backflip-b…

Methane in the brain

Seek professional medical advice.
If it’s a metaphorical pounding of the brain, you can start the meds immediately. @… https://mastodon.social/@mcc/116982677147848319…

Asking for a friend, is it possible to get brain damage from reading something so incredibly stupid that it immediately lowers your IQ and capacity for normal brain function?

from my link log —
What is a parser mismatch vulnerability?
https://www.brainonfire.net/blog/2022/04/11/what-is-parser-mismatch/
saved 2023-12-26

For my own notes, These are the apps I use on my #Pebble Time 2
* [Brain Dump](https://apps.repebble.com/brain-dump-index01-for-your-pebble_e4f66f24bb0a4…

Nature does something surprising to the brain beyond relieving stress https://www.earth.com/lifestyle/nature-does-something-surprising-to-the-brain-beyond-relieving-stress/

Nature does something surprising to the brain beyond relieving stress
Nature may do more than relieve stress, with evidence suggesting it can improve mood and thinking even when people already feel fine.

What is your cure for getting out of a creative slump?
That's usually my brain's way of asking for a pause. I look around me: what's going on in my life? Stress? Worries? Grief? Anger? Unresolved problems soaking up the energy?
Show the ol' noggin some compassion and let it have the break it's asking for.
Just don't overdo it.
#writersofmastodon

(LinkedIn) Neuralink cumulative human brain implants - actual vs originally projected (through August 2026) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7498061682275950592/

#implantable #invasive #bci #neurotech | Peter Meijer
Neuralink cumulative human brain implants - actual vs originally projected (through August 2026), according to ChatGPT https://lnkd.in/erCDJkMT Still zero reported Neuralink Blindsight brain implants for restoring vision in blind humans https://lnkd.in/e5ge8iZU #implantable #invasive #BCI #NeuroTech

Memories Mysteriously Survive After Brain Shutdown, And Scientists Don’t Know Why https://www.404media.co/memories-mysteriously-survive-after-brain-shutdown-and-scientists-dont-know-why/

Listening to new devlog from Tom Francis and he mentioned two big categories he includes in all his games:
Obvious pleasures - actions that inherently feel good. Smashing enemies through windows, breaking open crates, doing a knockdown attack.
Brain food - something to figure out and keep thinking about. Puzzle mechanics, build crafting, optimization problems, inventory Tetris.
Thinking I should look for really small versions of these in games I play.

China's BrainCo unveils what it says is the world's first integrated "brain-to-robot" platform that lets users control robots using an EEG headset (Minxiao Chang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trend…

BrainCo claims mind-to-robot link at China’s World AI Conference
Hangzhou-based firm says users can control robots using only their thoughts via EEG headsets, marking a leap in embodied AI tech.

Canadian children's media company WildBrain acquires child-focused generative AI startup Personality AI in a cash-and-stock deal worth up to $69M (Corbin Bolies/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/wildbrain-acquires-kid-safe-ai-…

Wildbrain Acquires ‘Kid Safe’ Generative-AI Platform Personality AI
WildBrain, the Canadian media company, has purchased the child-focused generative AI startup Personality AI in a deal worth up to $69 million.

Having tinnitus, I found this interesting .
#tinnitus

📺 youtube-subscriptions-ingest pulls video metadata from your real #YouTube subscriptions and turns it into a cross-linked knowledge graph in your #Obsidian second brain, not just a flat list of videos #opensource

A new framework for how the brain compresses our noisy world https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-framework-for-how-the-brain-compresses-our-noisy-world-20260824/ "An updated view of categorization reflects the modern understand…

A New Framework for How the Brain Compresses Our Noisy World | Quanta Magazine
An updated view of categorization reflects the modern understanding that the nervous system is more of a prediction engine than a filing cabinet.

budapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 93708 edges.
Tags: Biolo…

Chinese Premier Li Qiang publicly names brain-computer interfaces a 'blue ocean' on a Shanghai inspection tour https://insidebci.com/policy/2026-09-23-li-qiang-shanghai-brain-computer-interfaces-blue-oce…

Chinese Premier Li Qiang publicly names brain-computer interfaces a 'blue ocean' on a Shanghai inspection tour
China's Premier Li Qiang, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, spent Tuesday 22 September 2026 on a Shanghai inspection tour of two innovation venues. At the second, the Shanghai Future Kick-off Community (上海未来启点社区) sci-tech innovation and incubation platform for future industries, he inspected technology products in two named categories: brain-computer interfaces and quantum computing. He then framed future industries as 'a potential blue ocean for advanced manufacturi…

Sequencing a tumour while the patient is still on the table is damn neat:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr3wj04d88ywo

Brain tumour diagnosis cut from weeks to hours with rapid new NHS test
The test means patients can start treatment sooner and are spared weeks of uncertainty.

Just saw that #genAI models now have a "how to protect the environment" suggestion... which suggests to use different genAI models 😇🤣🤦
You want to know the best way to save energy and protect the environment?

• do not use genAI (use your own brain, or your friends')
• while you're at it, protest all the data centers that are getting built to support all that "energy-saving"…

5 Takeaways on the Fallout From an Alarming C.T.E. Study https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/us/cte-nfl-football-takeaways.html

Nourish, Heal & Rise With Dr Andrea Robertson
Each week, Dr Andrea Robertson (Osteopath, Naturopath, and Nutritionist) goes deep on inflammation, hormones, gut health, perimenopause, weight, energy, and brain fog...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/nouris

Relevant for brain implants? Frequency-specific effects of pulsed magnetic field on BV2 microglial cell function https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15368378.2026.2694326 "pulsed magnetic field can effectively regulate microglial phagocytosis, migration,…

EU-approved pesticide found to have potential effects on brain development https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/02/eu-approved-pesticide-found-to-have-potential-effects-on-brain-development
…

Interesting post
"Your guts shed ~40 billion epithelial cells every day, amounting to ~⇓ kg of tissue every week. Like the brain, your guts consume ~20% of total energy, despite making up only ~2% of body mass. Evolution doesn’t want to do that everywhere, because evolution doesn’t want you to starve to death.
So, there isn’t just a trade-off between regeneration and cancer. There’s a three-way tradeoff between regeneration, cancer, energy usage."

Why is the human body so crap except for the liver?
the question everyone is asking

A deep dive into on-device and data center inference for robots, including a primer on robot models, deployments, supply chains, the "network wall", and more (SemiAnalysis)
https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/a-brain-too-big-to-carry-on-device

Where Does a Robot Think — On-Device vs Datacenter Inference
Robot Models, Silicon Efficiency, Jetson Thor vs. B300 TCO, Deployments, The Network Wall

Some archived AI model responses to questions relating to vision for the blind, brain implants for restoring vision, visual-to-auditory sensory substitution (The vOICe) https://www.seeingwithsound.com/archive/index.html ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek, Grok, Consensus, Perplexity, …

budapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 54480 edges.
Tags: Biolo…

(YouTube) A simple yet nontrivial training exercise for sighted people interested in sensory substitution for the blind as an alternative for a brain implant #BCI

Their Children Want to Play Football. Parents Ask: Is It Worth the Risk? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/us/parents-football-cte-decisions.html

It’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and time again over the past year:
using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control protests outside ICE detention centers or during enforcement operations.
Now, a new report lays bare the scale of the use of these crowd-control weapons during
anti-immigration demonstrations across the US,
including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries.

ICE ‘Crowd Control’ Led to Blindings and Traumatic Brain Injuries
It’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and time again over the past year: using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control protests outside ICE detention centers or during enforcement operations. Now, a new report lays bare the scale of the use of these crowd-control weapons during anti-immigration demonstrations across the US, including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries.

Fake news about Neuralink Blindsight: "Neuralink reports first visual prosthesis implant in a blind domestic cat named Kaya" https://www.teslarati.org/neuralink-first-visual-prosthesis-implant-blind-domestic-cat-kaya Beware that neur…

Neuralink Reports First Visual Prosthesis Implant in a Blind Domestic Cat Named Kaya
Neuralink Corporation today announced that its specialized brain-computer interface for visual prosthesis has been successfully implanted in a blind domestic cat named Kaya, the first feline subject to receive the company’s Blindsight-related technology in a preclinical setting.

Distributed implantable microchips as wireless networks for neural sensing and stimulation https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1855768/full neural dust, neural motes;

Frontiers | Distributed implantable microchips as wireless networks for neural sensing and stimulation
We examine ongoing research for implantable sensors and stimulators for future brain-computer applications and give a review on the concept where grain-of-sa...

#FDA expands device compatibility for #Paradromics' brain-computer interface https://www.

Can red-light therapy treat brain injuries? Some research shows 'striking' results https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7581642/2026/09/11/red-light-therapy-brain-injuries-journal-of-neurotrama/

AI scientist and Google researcher Ray Kurzweil joins BCI startup Subsense, which develops non-surgical BCI tech involving inhaled nanoparticles, as an advisor (Alexei Oreskovic/Fortune)
https://fortune.c…

AI visionary Ray Kurzweil is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a brain computer system that involves snorting nanoparticles
Subsense’s brain computing interface could compete with Elon Musk’s Neuralink, but would not require surgery.

Government strategy is shaping the global brain-computer interface race https://neurotechreports.com/news/government-strategy-is-shaping-the-global-brain-computer-interface-race

Government Strategy Is Shaping the Global Brain-Computer Interface Race   - Neurotech Reports
Three events converged this year to turn brain-computer interfaces from a research curiosity into a subject of government strategy. China moved a product to market, having already built the machinery to pay for it. The U.S. funded a founder. The European Union asked its regulators to study a problem. This is not an accident of timing. It reflects fundamentally different beliefs about what a government should do when a new technology can read, and may soon write to, the human brain.  

At an Arkansas school, a boy was hit by the school’s founder and attacked by classmates in a group session the founder led, prompting a complaint and her arrest.
State Money Still Flows: Despite a jail term for the school’s founder, "The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain" continues to operate and Arkansas still sends it public funds.
Unregulated and Growing: BY DESIGN, private schools get little oversight in Arkansas even as new opportunities to receive state m…

This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about safety and fraud have gone unanswered, parents say.

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

What if the brain doesn't create consciousness? Christof Koch proposes it might be the fabric of reality itself https://www.sciencealert.com/what-if-the-brain-doesnt-create-consciousness-scientist-proposes-i…

What if The Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness? Scientist Proposes It Might Be The Fabric of Reality Itself
For decades, neuroscientists have searched the brain for the biological basis of consciousness, assuming our thoughts, emotions, and subjective experiences emerge from networks of neurons.

Israel-based Hemispheric, whose AI model can analyze brain activity measured non-invasively and turn it into quantitative metrics for diagnoses, raised $52M (Meytal Vaizberg/Globes)
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-neuroai-diagnostic-co-hemispheri…

NeuroAI diagnostic co Hemispheric raises $52m
The Israeli company’s AI model can analyze brain activity measured by non-invasive means and turn it into quantitative metrics designed to help doctors and researchers make diagnoses.

China clears brain-computer interfaces for commercial use: Is it time for a global coalition? https://thedebrief.org/china-clears-brain-computer-interfaces-for-commercial-use-is-it-time-for-a-global-coalition/

China Clears Brain-Computer Interfaces for Commercial Use: Is It Time for a Global Coalition?
Science, Tech and Defense for the Rebelliously Curious.

Updated white paper (living document) on brain implants for restoring vision and noninvasive visual-to-auditory sensory substitution #BCI

The vOICe vision BCI, or a brain implant?
White paper and living document comparing Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants with The vOICe vision BCI for the totally blind.

#Neuralink cumulative human brain implants - actual vs originally projected (through August 2026) https://chatgpt.com/share/6a8d4c67-aa30-83eb-be07-ac657bbef6c7

Building brain-computer interfaces at a neurotech company https://www.thetransmitter.org/frameshift/building-brain-computer-interfaces-at-a-neurotech-company/ on Blackrock Neurotech;

Building brain-computer interfaces at a neurotech company
At Blackrock Neurotech, Spencer Kellis develops implantable devices that help people with brain and spinal cord conditions communicate, move and more.

Psychedelics align brain activity with context https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10910-z Under psilocybin, "the separation between internal models and sensory context on which predictive processing depends" dissolves.
Brain-wide reconfiguration of burst firin…

Psychedelics align brain activity with context - Nature
The psychedelic psilocybin reorganizes brain activity into structured, context-aligned patterns that integrate internal and external processing, providing a neural basis for the felt continuity between self and world, elucidating how the psychedelic state translates into psychological change.

Stanford researchers discover a language-specific network hidden in the human brain https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/stanford-researchers-discover-a-language-specific-network-hidden-in-the-human-brain/

Stanford researchers discover a language-specific network hidden in the human brain
The brain language network can be mapped from fMRI activity even while people rest or perform tasks unrelated to language.

Brain implant helps paralysed man to feed himself and drink from cup https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/16/neural-bypass-brain-implant-paralysed-man-feed-himself-drink-from-cup "Keith Thomas can move ar…

Brain implant helps paralysed man to feed himself and drink from cup
Keith Thomas can move arms and hands, and feel sensation of touch after ‘double neural bypass’ and months of training

From deep brain stimulation to brain–computer interfaces: current progress in implantable neurotechnology https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1928223/full

Frontiers | From deep brain stimulation to brain–computer interfaces: current progress in implantable neurotechnology
Brain implants, including deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems, brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), and speech neuroprostheses, are moving from the proof-of-co...

Long-term stability of cellular-resolution brain-computer interface recordings after stroke #BCI

Long-term stability of cellular-resolution brain-computer interface recordings after stroke
Implantable brain-computer interfaces (iBCIs) with single-neuron resolution are showing great promise for restoring mobility and communication in individuals with spinal cord injury or motor neuron disease. Stroke is the most common cause of acquired brain injury and a major contributor to long-term disability, making chronic stroke a highly relevant indication for iBCIs. However, whether stable intracortical recordings can be obtained from the structurally lesioned human brain is unknown. We r…

When minds become data: Brain-computer interfaces and the future of mental privacy #AI

Sensory restoration via brain-computer interfaces: a scoping review https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.15091 "Teams developing high-density invasive stimulation interfaces rarely collaborate with teams building non-invasive sensory substitution setups";

Sensory Restoration via Brain-Computer Interfaces: A Scoping Review
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) can restore sensory and motor function in individuals with severe neurological impairment, but the literature is fragmented between invasive neuroprosthetics and non-invasive electrophysiological decoders, with inconsistent terminology and metrics. This scoping review maps BCI-mediated sensory restoration along a unified 2x2 framework (invasiveness x signal direction), charts representative modalities and their trade-offs, and synthesizes a convergence roadmap f…

(LinkedIn) According to some, China takes global lead in regulated brain-computer interfaces, speeding US medtech's regulatory race https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/china-takes-global-lead-regulated-brain-computer-interfaces-panda-yu-agy…

China Takes Global Lead in Regulated Brain-Computer Interfaces, Speeding U.S. Medtech’s Regulatory Race
China’s Strategic Lead in the BCI Medtech Landscape ### 1. Regulatory Leadership & Rapid Commercialization Pathways ### 2.

Building brain-computer interfaces: the 3 pillars of #Paradromics https://paradromics.com/blog/building-brain-computer-interfaces-3-pillars/ referencing TK Kozai (2015…

Building Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs)
We treat safety, performance, & durability not as tradeoffs but as minimum thresholds. Learn how the Connexus BCI was designed to meet all 3.

Non-invasive mapping of the temporal processing hierarchy in the human visual cortex https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014434 by @…

Non-invasive mapping of the temporal processing hierarchy in the human visual cortex
Author summary Vision doesn’t happen instantaneously, but unfolds over time. While we understand a lot about how the brain processes visual space, understanding how the brain processes information over both space and time is much more challenging. Vision happens incredibly fast, space and time are tightly linked, but current technology is limited in capturing these spatiotemporal dynamics. Here, we developed a method that combines two non-invasive human brain imaging techniques using computat…

Human-machine learning boosts noninvasive brain-computer control in untrained users https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-human-machine-boosts-noninvasive-brain.html "working on noninvasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to develop technology that is…

Topographic reorganization of EEG complexity during visual mental imagery: Insights from Lempel-Ziv complexity in high-density EEG https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10548-026-01238-y "Visual mental imagery is the process of reconstructing perceptual experience…

Topographic Reorganization of EEG Complexity During Visual Mental Imagery: Insights from Lempel-Ziv Complexity in High-Density EEG - Brain Topography
Visual mental imagery is the process of reconstructing perceptual experience without sensory input. How the brain performs this process is poorly understood, particularly from the perspective of conventional linear EEG analysis. This study aims to evaluate if the two non-linear EEG complexity measures—Lempel-Ziv Complexity (LZC) and Higuchi Fractal Dimension (HFD)—can differentiate between perception and imagination and if they can be used as objective indices of neural separability of ment…

Added a "Highlights" section to the white paper (living document) on brain implants for restoring vision to the blind and The vOICe vision BCI alternative https://www.seeingwithsound.com/BCI.html#highlights Dobelle, Argus II, Orion I. Neuralink Blindsight highlights: none …

The vOICe vision BCI, or a brain implant?
White paper and living document comparing Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants with The vOICe vision BCI for the totally blind.

Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep seem to help clear waste from brain https://www.newscientist.com/article/2588451-bursts-of-pink-noise-during-sleep-seem-to-help-flush-waste-from-brain/ (archived at

Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep seem to help clear waste from brain | New Scientist
The human brain flushes out waste products while we sleep and now it seems that certain sounds might enhance the process

Mysterious waves sweeping across your brain may help turn sensory chaos into what you see https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260816044827.htm "neural traveling waves may function as a computational engine in the visual cortex";

Mysterious waves sweeping across your brain may help turn sensory chaos into what you see
Traveling electrical waves sweeping across the brain may help determine what we notice, predict what comes next, and construct our internal picture of the world. Researchers now argue that these waves aren't just background activity—they could be a core computational engine behind perception and memory.

China releases world's first AI-enabled brain-computer interface medical device standard #AI

China releases world’s first AI-enabled brain-computer interface medical device standard: media - Global Times
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) on Monday approved the release of its third medical device standard for brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), which is also the world’s first medical device product standard for BCIs that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to process brain electrical signal data. The new standard will officially take effect on September 1, 2027, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.

RE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/117313795286653452
Mindtrix Technology (Mingshi Brain-Computer Technology), the Chinese company that is developing a brain implant for restoring vision to the blind, now has a flashy website of its own at

(2022) Using the Orion brain implant for restoring vision, "Three years on, I can now make out fireworks, the birthday candles on my cake, and spot the lights and darks when doing laundry." https://www.thatslife.com.au/real-life/brain-implant-blindness…

Jason was blinded in a car crash – then a brain implant changed his life
Jason got a second chance at sight thanks to brain surgery where a surgeon implanted a device on his visual cortex.

"Paradromics achieves real-time speech with Connexus BCI" https://paradromics.com/news/paradromics-achieves-real-time-speech-connexus-brain-computer-interface/

Paradromics Achieves Real-Time Speech with Connexus® Brain-Computer Interface
Paradromics' Connexus® BCI enables the first participant to speak in real time using neural activity, choosing her own words to communicate.

Mapping and modulating brain dynamics in aging and neurodegeneration with electroencephalography and integrated neurotechnologies in primates https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1689222/full

Neurostimulation in the treatment of psychiatric disorders: Underlying mechanisms and critical analysis of circuit-based interventions https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-026-03872-1 "neurostimulation may function less as a direct elicitor of remission and more as a facilitat…

Neurostimulation in the treatment of psychiatric disorders: Underlying mechanisms and critical analysis of circuit-based interventions - Molecular Psychiatry
Neurostimulation of targeted brain regions has emerged as a novel therapeutic approach to induce remission in patients with various psychiatric disorders. This strategy encompasses several modalities, including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), deep brain stimulation (DBS), and transcranial focused ultrasound neurostimulation (tFUS), all of which aim to modulate dysfunctional neural circuits and restore activity toward physiological ranges.…

(LinkedIn) Mindtrix Technology: Chinese competition for Elon Musk's Neuralink Blindsight brain implant? #BCI

Insofar China's push for implantable BCI development includes brain implants for the blind, this will also imply complementary development of smartglasses that may in turn render these brain implants redundant https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/116792852939522221

The Brain and The Chip 2026, October 26-28, Spain #BCI

Version v3 of the white paper and living document on The vOICe vision BCI and brain implants for restoring vision is now on Zenodo #BCI

WIRED: Her brain was broken. It was fixed with sound - not a scalpel https://www.wired.com/story/brain-focused-ultrasound/ (archived at https://a…

For Elon Musk, Neuralink Blindsight likely merely temporarily serves his current PR needs ("Jesus-level" technology) and as a stepping stone to treating other conditions that are not for a niche market like blindness, or as a stepping stone to mass-market consumer BCIs with AI. Musk is unlikely to do anything mature and sustainable for blindness.
The vOICe vision BCI, on the other hand, has the singular goal of bringing a lasting equivalent of (low) vision to the world

The vOICe vision BCI, or a brain implant?
White paper and living document comparing Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants with The vOICe vision BCI for the totally blind.