npj Biomedical Innovations

A review published on August 20, 2026 in npj Biomedical Innovations proposes brain-inspired brain-computer interfaces (BI-BCIs), a framework that unifies neuromorphic computing with BCI design to make neurotechnology lower-power, smaller and capable of closed-loop operation. The authors, from Aarhus University, Stanford University, the University of Southern Denmark, the University of Genoa, Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, say the approach could advance neuroprosthetics and neuromodulation for neurological disorders.

Researchers writing in npj Biomedical Innovations have proposed DSTF-Net, a framework that decodes steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEP) from frontal EEG alone, removing the need for electrodes over the occipital cortex. In cross-subject transfer to 20 new users, including eight brain-injured patients lying supine, it improved decoding accuracy by as much as 33.47% over baseline methods.