{"id":126405,"date":"2021-08-17T18:25:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T01:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/implantable-neurograins-may-be-the-key-to-mind-controlled-tech"},"modified":"2021-08-17T18:25:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T01:25:47","slug":"implantable-neurograins-may-be-the-key-to-mind-controlled-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/implantable-neurograins-may-be-the-key-to-mind-controlled-tech","title":{"rendered":"Implantable \u201cneurograins\u201d may be the key to mind-controlled tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/implantable-neurograins-may-be-the-key-to-mind-controlled-tech2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new kind of brain-computer interface (BCI) that uses neural implants the size of a grain of sand to record brain activity has been proven effective in rats \u2014 and one day, thousands of the \u201cneurograins\u201d could help you control machines with your mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mind readers:<\/strong> BCIs are devices (usually electrodes implanted in the skull) that translate electrical signals from brain cells into commands for machines. They can allow paralyzed people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/health\/neuroprosthesis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cspeak\u201d again<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/technology\/brain-computer-interface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">control robots<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/technology\/new-brain-computer-interface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">type with their minds<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/superhuman\/brain-implant-gives-quadriplegic-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regain control<\/a> of their own limbs.<\/p>\n<p>Most of today\u2019s interfaces can listen to just a few hundred neurons \u2014 but there are approximately <em>86 billion<\/em> neurons in the brain. If we could monitor more neurons, in more places in the brain, it could radically upgrade what\u2019s possible with mind-controlled tech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new kind of brain-computer interface (BCI) that uses neural implants the size of a grain of sand to record brain activity has been proven effective in rats \u2014 and one day, thousands of the \u201cneurograins\u201d could help you control machines with your mind. Mind readers: BCIs are devices (usually electrodes implanted in the skull) [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}