neuroprosthetics
Devices that interface directly with the nervous system to restore or supplement sensory or motor function. Enables brain-computer interfaces such as those used to decode intended movement or handwriting.
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BrainGate researchers decode imagined handwriting from neural signals to enable high-speed text communication
In May 2021, Francis R. Willett and colleagues at Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute published results showing that a BrainGate2 intracortical electrode array could decode imagined handwriting movements in a paralysed person at 90 characters per minute with 94.1% raw accuracy, substantially exceeding prior neural-interface typing rates.