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BCI work has focused on reading movement intent; touch feedback and long-term recovery are usually handled separately. This system does both, recording intent while stimulating to return touch, plus spinal stimulation aimed at rehabilitation. The participant grasped fragile objects, and gains persisted after stimulation stopped, suggesting assistive and therapeutic effects. Only one participant is reported, and affiliations and follow-up still need checking.
09-30Speech decoding has mostly restored speech alone. This implant reads speech and gesture together, letting a paralyzed user control an avatar, and shows combined signals are not simply additive.
09-28Gaming disorder lacks circuit-level interventions. This trial pairs brain-signal feedback with social reward, adds sham controls, and plans 120 participants, with results due no earlier than late 2028.