{"id":241075,"date":"2026-07-17T12:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/human-machine-learning-boosts-noninvasive-brain-computer-control-in-untrained-users"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:04:50","slug":"human-machine-learning-boosts-noninvasive-brain-computer-control-in-untrained-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/human-machine-learning-boosts-noninvasive-brain-computer-control-in-untrained-users","title":{"rendered":"Human-machine learning boosts noninvasive brain-computer control in untrained users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/human-machine-learning-boosts-noninvasive-brain-computer-control-in-untrained-users2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Implantable devices in the brain have been used for about 30 years to assist people with disabilities in completing motor tasks. However, the devices are simply not accessible to the vast majority of people who need help. Despite decades of work in this field, fewer than 100 people worldwide have benefited from the technology. The costs are prohibitive, and the brain surgeries are inherently risky.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Carnegie Mellon researchers, including Bin He, professor of biomedical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and the Neuroscience Institute, have long been working on noninvasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to develop technology that is less expensive, safer and more accessible to a wider population. Over the past 10 to 15 years, they have used noninvasive BCIs to fly a drone, control a robotic arm, maintain continuous control of a robotic arm and, most recently, complete fine motor tasks at the finger level. Yet the accuracy and level of control using noninvasive technology remain challenging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Implantable devices in the brain have been used for about 30 years to assist people with disabilities in completing motor tasks. However, the devices are simply not accessible to the vast majority of people who need help. Despite decades of work in this field, fewer than 100 people worldwide have benefited from the technology. The [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1488,47,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-drones","category-neuroscience","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241075","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}