{"id":196316,"date":"2024-09-17T21:22:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T02:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/brain-implant-allows-man-to-control-amazons-alexa-with-his-mind"},"modified":"2024-09-17T21:22:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T02:22:46","slug":"brain-implant-allows-man-to-control-amazons-alexa-with-his-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/brain-implant-allows-man-to-control-amazons-alexa-with-his-mind","title":{"rendered":"Brain implant allows man to control Amazon\u2019s Alexa with his mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/brain-implant-allows-man-to-control-amazons-alexa-with-his-mind2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be able to manage important aspects of my environment and control access to entertainment gives me back the independence that I\u2019m losing,\u201d Mark said.<\/p>\n<p>The chip sits on a blood vessel and senses his brain activity, which is then translated into specific commands and sent to his digital devices for recognition. In a video shared by Synchron, Mark is seen mentally tapping on icons on his devices, ordering Alexa to turn the lights on and off, and checking his security camera to see who is outside \u2014 all without using his hands or voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSynchron\u2019s BCI is bridging the gap between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/healthcare\/article\/brain-implants-transform-lives-says-man-who-regained-his-sense-of-touch-mz33wwtc9\" class=\"\">neurotechnology<\/a> and consumer tech, making it possible for people with paralysis to regain control of their environment,\u201d Thomas Oxley, the company\u2019s chief executive, said. \u201cWhile many smart home systems rely on voice or touch, we are sending control signals directly from the brain, bypassing the need for these inputs. We\u2019re thrilled \u2026 to address a critical unmet need for millions of people with mobility and voice impairment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo be able to manage important aspects of my environment and control access to entertainment gives me back the independence that I\u2019m losing,\u201d Mark said. The chip sits on a blood vessel and senses his brain activity, which is then translated into specific commands and sent to his digital devices for recognition. In a video [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":697,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,6,1492],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience","category-robotics-ai","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196316","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\/697"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}