China Pours Money Into Brain Chips that Give Paralysed People More Control

China unveils support for medical uses of brain-computer interface technology

Regulator flags policies to boost innovation in devices to help patients control devices and robotic limbs with their thoughts alone.

China pours money into brain chips that give paralysed people more control

Brain–computer interfaces being trialled in China offer some advantages over Neuralink and other leading US devices. Brain–computer interfaces being trialled in China offer some advantages over Neuralink and other leading US devices.

China Pours Money Into Brain Chips That Give Paralysed People More Control - Data Intelligence

China has medical infrastructure and large population to test the efficacy of brain implants.Credit: Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua/Alamy A deep brain device that allowed a man with no limbs to play computer games is one of an increasing number of brain–computer interfaces (BCI) being trialled in people in China. The BCI system, developed by medical-technology company StairMed in Shanghai, China, is similar to the implants being trialled in people by Neur…

China pours money into brain chips that give paralysed people more control - 3 Quarks Daily

Smiriti Malapaty in Nature: A deep brain device that allowed a man with no limbs to play computer games is one of an increasing number of brain–computer interfaces (BCI) being trialled in people in China. The BCI system, developed by medical-technology company StairMed in Shanghai, China, is similar to the implants being trialled in people by Neuralink, owned by Elon Musk, based in Fremont, California. StairMed’s device has fewer probes than Neu…