Bringing a BCI to the Market

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Large trials will need to show that b c ees can work in non research settings and demonstrably improve the everyday lives of users. The time line for achieving all this is uncertain, but the field is bullish. For thousands of years, we have been looking for some way to heal people who have paralysis. Now we're actually on the cusp of having technologies that we can leverage for those things.

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) implanted in the brains of people who are paralysed are allowing them to control prosthetics that are restoring a range of skills.

Although the field is relatively young, researchers are making rapid advances in the abilities that these implants can restore. In the past few years, commercial interest in BCIs has soared, but many hurdles remain before these implants can be brought to market.

This is an audio version of our Feature: The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch

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