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And yet, the brain does incredible things," said Matt Angle, CEO and founder of Paradromics, in an interview with CNBC Tech: The Edge. The trial would follow competitor Neuralink, which implanted a chip into a patient's brain in March this year. "Paradromics' mission is to transform otherwise untreatable health conditions in brain health into solvable technology problems. "Paradromics can take the science and apply the right engineering to get us from research to medical device," he added. "We see that the first million people to get brain computer interfaces are going to be getting them to treat severe medical conditions," Angle said.

Persons: Matt Angle, Elon Musk, Angle, Vikash Gilja, Gilja, we're Organizations: CNBC Tech, CNBC Locations: Austin , Texas

☆ Inside Paradromics, the Neuralink competitor hoping to commercialize brain implants before the end of the decade
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Maria Gomez De Sicart | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

We're fundamentally building a medical device to serve unmet needs. What that does is it allows us to connect to the brain and receive data from the brain. And so Paradromics can take the science and apply the right engineering to get us from research to medical device. I work on developing processes or selecting the materials that we would like to use to build our cortical module, which is the brain implant portion of our system. We see that the first million people to get brain computer interfaces are going to be getting them to treat severe medical conditions.

Persons: Matt Angle, Paradromics, They're, I'm, Kimiko Nakajima, we're Organizations: BCI

☆ Brain science start-up Neuroelectrics uses electricity and a headcap to reduce seizures in patients with epilepsy. Now it needs FDA approval
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Cristy Garratt Maria Gomez De Sicart | Cristy Garratt | Https | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

High up in the hills of Barcelona, brain science start-up Neuroelectrics is developing therapies that it says will improve the lives of people living with brain disease. Its main product is a headcap, which monitors the brain's electrical activity and stimulates regions of the brain with mild electrical currents. Co-founder and CEO Ana Maiques believes it will significantly improve the lives of people suffering with epilepsy. In addition to epilepsy, Maiques and her team are optimistic that the headgear can also be used to treat depression and Alzheimer's. So, when you have epilepsy, you have an electrical discharge in one area of your brain, so they can really target and help them," said Roser Sanchez-Todo, R&D director for Neuroelectrics' brain modelling department.

Persons: Ana Maiques, Maiques, Roser Sanchez, Neuroelectrics Organizations: CNBC Tech, U.S . Food, Drug Administration Locations: Barcelona

The next generation of the "Internet of Bodies," or IOB, could bring technological devices and the human body closer together than ever before. Academic and author Andrea M. Matwyshyn, who coined the term in 2016, describes it as "a network of human bodies whose integrity and functionality rely at least in part on the internet and related technologies, such as artificial intelligence." Smart glasses, which can function as cameras, headphones or monitors, are another example of early IOB devices. These devices completely merge with the body while maintaining a real-time connection to an external machine and the internet. "As bits and bodies meld and as human flesh becomes permanently entwined with hardware, software, and algorithms, IOB will test our norms and values as a society," she wrote.

Persons: Andrea M, Matwyshyn, Elon Musk's Organizations: Elon Musk's Neuralink, BCI Locations: Elon

☆ What is the internet of bodies?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Maria Gomez De Sicart | Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

You've heard the term "Internet of Things" – where inanimate objects can be connected to the internet and each other. But in 2016, academic and author Dr. Andrea M. Matwyshyn took it one step further, coining the term, "Internet of Bodies," or IoB. She describes it as "a network of human bodies whose integrity and functionality rely at least in part on the Internet and related technologies, such as artificial intelligence." These devices completely merge with the body while maintaining a real-time connection to an external machine and the internet. However, there are some existing laws that could be extended to safeguard IoB data.

Persons: You've, Dr, Andrea M, Matwyshyn, Elon Musk's, Neuralink, Dick Cheney, That's Organizations: Elon Musk's Neuralink, BCI, Former U.S, and Drug Administration, Data, Intelligence Locations: Elon, U.S

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