Startup Cognixion announced today that it is launching a clinical trial of its wearable brain-computer interface technology integrated with the Apple Vision Pro to help paralyzed people with speech disorders communicate with their thoughts.
Cognixion is one of several companies, including Elon Musk’s Neuralink, that is developing a brain-computer interface, or BCI, a system that captures brain signals and translates them into commands to control external devices.
While Neuralink and others are working on implants that are surgically placed in the head, Cognixion’s technology is noninvasive. The Santa Barbara, California, company is testing both a software component (an augmented reality BCI app) and a hardware add-on (a custom headband that can
→ Continue reading at Wired - Science