Apple adds support for brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS. It's currently working with startup Synchron to test it on patients. Emily is an experienced reporter who covers ...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink may be the latest headline-grabber, but brain-to-computer interface (BCI) technology has been advancing for decades. Initially developed for therapeutic use, it is now poised to ...

For Martin Schrimpf, the promise of artificial intelligence is not in the tasks it can accomplish. It’s in what AI might reveal about human intelligence. He is working to build a “digital twin” of the ...

Mark Jackson lost use of his hands after being diagnosed with ALS. A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has become the first person in the world to control an iPad entirely by thought, ...

Brad Smith, an Arizona husband and father with ALS, has become the third person to receive Neuralink, the brain implant made by Elon Musk’s company. He is also the first ALS patient and the first ...