California-based Cognixion is launching a clinical trial to allow paralyzed patients with speech disorders the ability to ...

A Bay Area man with ALS can now communicate, all thanks to a computer linked to his brain. Casey Harrell has ALS and can't speak, but a new Brain-Computer Interface developed by researchers at UC ...

Last month, a spark was ignited within the scientific community as a team of researchers demonstrated a scientific method for ...

Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Although it’s still experimental, they hope the brain-computer interface could someday help ...

Brain-computer interfaces are a groundbreaking technology that can help paralyzed people regain functions they’ve lost, like moving a hand. These devices record signals from the brain and decipher the ...

(CN) — Brain-computer interfaces that connect the brain’s electrical activity with an external device have been able to help those with cognitive or motor impediments — including, researchers now say, ...

Many people with Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs. That's not Pat Bennett. She can move just fine. She ...

Frederick Jelinek, 77, a brilliant and determined engineer who overcame the challenges of a boyhood in Nazi-occupied Europe to come to the United States and teach computers how to recognize the sounds ...

Despite the hype, speech technology has never lived up to its promise. Speech technology needs to increase its ability to interpret natural language in order to become truly useful. Once this happens, ...