neuroprosthetics

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02405-x Coupling neuroprosthetics with neuromodulation

For people living with paralysis after a spinal cord injury, losing the ability to feel their hands can be just as difficult as losing movement. Touch allows people to judge how tightly they are holding an object, feel temperature, and safely interact with the world. Without that feedback, daily activities become far more challenging. Scientists […] The post Can Brain Implant Restore the Sense of…

(The Guardian) – Keith Thomas can move arms and hands, and feel sensation of touch after ‘double neural bypass’ and months of training A man who was paralysed from the chest down in a swimming accident six years ago has … Read More

Keith Thomas, a 42-year-old from Massapequa, New York, suffered a devastating neck injury while diving into a swimming pool in July 2020. The accident left him paralysed from the chest down, unable to move his limbs. "The next day I couldn't even move," Thomas recalled of waking in hospital after being airlifted from the scene. Six years on, a revolutionary brain implant has transformed his daily…

A neuroprosthetic system has helped a man with paralysis move his hand and feel touch again following a spinal cord injury, reports research published in Nature Medicine. Some of the system’s benefits continued even when the device was turned off, suggesting that it may support longer-term recovery as well as help movement in real time. […]

Nature Medicine, Published online: 16 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04498-0 A bidirectional sensorimotor neuroprosthetic system that decodes brain signals associated with movement intention while delivering patterned neuromodulation to the spinal cord and cortex provides long-term recovery of hand motor and sensory function, even when the device is off.

Casey Harrell uses his implants to talk to friends and family, read to his young daughter, and perform his job.

A new USC study shows that a tiny electrode array can restore coordinated bladder control in rats - proof of concept for a neuroprosthetic device that could transform life after spinal cord injury. The post A USC team is targeting the spinal cord to solve paralysis’ most overlooked problem appeared first on USC Viterbi | School of Engineering .

Scott Imbrie vividly remembers the first time he used a robotic arm to shake someone’s hand and felt the robotic limb as if it were his own. “I still get goosebumps when I think about that initial contact,” he says. “It’s just unexplainable.” The moment came courtesy of a brain implant: an array of electrodes that let him control a robotic arm and receive tactile sensations back to the brain. Get…

Original Research Published on 01 Apr 2026 Spiking neural networks provide accurate and time-efficient models for whisker stimulus classification of the awake mouse in Neuroprosthetics - 158 views Original Research Published on 01 Apr 2026 in Neuroprosthetics Opinion Accepted on 30 Mar 2026 in Neuroprosthetics Original Research Published on 25 Mar 2026 in Neuroprosthetics Original Research Accept…

New computer-linked brain implants offer hope to those who have lost the ability to speak or move.

For people with paralysis or amputation, neuroprosthetic systems that artificially stimulate muscle contraction with electrical current can help them regain limb function. However, despite many years of research, this type of prosthesis is not widely used because it leads to rapid muscle fatigue and poor control. MIT researchers have developed a new approach that they […] The post MIT scientists …

Several recent studies from Feinberg investigators and colleagues have shed light on complex neurological processes and provided new insights and technological developments for neural prostheses. The post Building Momentum Toward Neural Prostheses appeared first on News Center .

The post UC,Davis’s Neuroprosthetics Lab receives 2023 BCI Award for their rapidly-deployable speech neuroprosthesis appeared first on BrainGate .