Brandon Patterson has been through a lot in the nine years since rolling a Jeep left him paralyzed. Now he's on the leading edge of science.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the big picture of artificial intelligence. We stand at the cusp of a massive technology paradigm shift that ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Brain-computer interfaces promise breakthroughs in restoring lost function and beyond. But they also raise ethical and societal questions about the linking ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI and XR for Forbes. At CES 2026, LumiMind presented its brand new closed-loop EEG sleep ...

A man who became paralyzed nine years ago has become a pioneer for a new kind of neurotechnology. Brandon Patterson, 41, had surgery in Colorado to install a brain-computer interface into the cortex ...

A team at UC Davis has made a major leap in neurotechnology, enabling a man with ALS to speak again through a brain-computer interface that converts thoughts into speech in real time. Unlike prior ...

An important milestone for brain-computer interfaces has been achieved. A new peer-reviewed neuroscience study led by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) demonstrates a ...

Shock therapy, better known as Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), sends electricity into the brain to induce seizures in depressed patients who don’t respond to other treatments. In many such cases, ECT ...

Neurosurgeon and Engineer Dr. Ben Rapoport, co-founder of Precision Neuroscience, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the emerging technology of brain implants and ...