Brain-Computer Interfaces | Latest News, Photos & Videos | WIRED
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Reports | Neurorights | Safeguarding Brain Data: Assessing the Privacy Practices of Consumer Neurotechnology Companies
▻https://www.neurorightsfoundation.org/research/reportsApril 1, 2024
Safeguarding Brain Data: Assessing the Privacy Practices of Consumer Neurotechnology CompaniesThe 100-page report is the first ever report analyzing the data practices and user rights of consumer neurotechnology products. Neurotechnology refers to devices capable of recording or altering the activity of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and the peripheral nerves. Traditionally used within medical and research settings, neurotechnology devices are increasingly marketed to consumers. The report presents an initial assessment of privacy practices in the consumer neurotechnology space, analyzing the privacy policies and user agreements of 30 neurotechnology companies with products that can be purchased online. It benchmarks data practices against half a dozen global data protection standards to compare the handling of neural data with established global standards for handling other types of sensitive and personally identifiable data.
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Charte de développement responsable des neurotechnologies | enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr
▻https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/fr/charte-de-developpement-responsable-des-neurotechnoloCette charte a pour objectif de favoriser le développement responsable des neurotechnologies pour des applications médicales et non médicales, en renforçant la confiance entre tous les acteurs. Elle a aussi pour objectif de protéger patients et consommateurs contre des utilisations potentiellement abusives et malveillantes conduisant à une perte de liberté cognitive ou au non-respect de la confidentialité des données cérébrales personnelles collectées.
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Neurotechnologies : vivrons-nous tous dans la matrice ? Conversation avec Hervé Chneiweiss
▻https://theconversation.com/neurotechnologies-vivrons-nous-tous-dans-la-matrice-conversation-avLes neurotechnologies progressent à grands pas, d’abord motivées par des applications médicales, par exemple pour améliorer le quotidien de personnes paralysées ou souffrant de maladies dégénératives. Elles sont suivies de près par le développement d’applications récréatives qui vont de la relaxation au jeu vidéo. Des recherches récentes montrent notamment qu’il est possible de détecter des mots pensés par les participants.
Hervé Chneiweiss est neurologue et neuroscientifique, président du comité d’éthique de l’Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale. Il a coprésidé le comité d’experts qui a rédigé une recommandation sur les neurotechnologies qui doit être adoptée le 7 novembre, lors de la 43e session de la Conférence générale de l’Unesco qui se tiendra à Samarcande (Ouzbékistan). Le chercheur a reçu Elsa Couderc, cheffe de rubrique Science et Technologie à « The Conversation France », pour parler des risques d’addiction, de la détection de nos émotions et de nos pensées, de la vie privée mentale… et de comment la protéger.
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AlterEgo startup lets you query AI, command computers with « silent speech »
▻https://www.axios.com/2025/09/08/startup-query-ai-silent-speech-neural-interfaceC’est forcément pour aider les gens souffrant d’un handicap... le entreprises de la tech sont en tête du front antivalidiste, c’est bien connu.
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Young man with dark hair wearing a dark gray crewneck shirt, sitting on a beige couch, with blurred green plants and a white pillow in the background.AlterEgo CEO Arnav Kapur wearing a prototype of the company’s headset. Image: AlterEgo
A new technology being previewed Monday promises to allow people to issue voice commands to a computer without having to utter speech.
Why it matters: The technology, from Boston-based AlterEgo, could be broadly useful for, say, working in a crowded cafe — but it has particular usefulness for those who have lost audible speech, such as those with ALS or multiple sclerosis.
In a demonstration video being posted later today and shared first with Axios, AlterEgo CEO Arnav Kapur shows a prototype device taking notes, querying an AI agent and performing other tasks without the user producing audible sound.
How it works: While other brain interfaces focus on reading brain activity, AlterEgo reads the intent to speak by “capturing the downstream information that conducts from cranial nerves to motor units outwards to the device worn around the ear,” and uses the bone conduction headset to communicate back to the user.
That makes the technology less invasive in two ways. It doesn’t require implantation and it gives users more control over which thoughts to share with the device.
In the demonstration, Kapur showed AlterEgo working both by mouthing words and even just by thinking about mouthing them, with little-to-no visible cue of speech even being intended.
Kapur pioneered his work at MIT and showed an earlier demonstration of the underlying technology at the TED conference in 2019, which Axios chronicled at the time.What they’re saying: “Importantly, the hardware has no access to brain data — this is not EEG or invasive neural recording,” Kapur said in a statement to Axios.
Yes, but: AlterEgo isn’t disclosing the size of the company or its funding, nor when the product will be available.
What’s next: Kapur will discuss AlterEgo’s technology live at our Axios AI+ Summit on Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C.
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China Is Building a Brain-Computer Interface Industry | WIRED
▻https://www.wired.com/story/china-is-getting-serious-about-brain-computer-interfacesIn a policy document released this month, China has signaled its ambition to become a world leader in brain-computer interfaces, the same technology that Elon Musk’s Neuralink and other US startups are developing.
Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, read and decode neural activity to translate it into commands. Because they provide a direct link between the brain and an external device, such as a computer or robotic arm, BCIs have tremendous potential as assistive devices for people with severe physical disabilities.
In the US, Neuralink, Synchron, Paradromics, and others have sprung up in recent years to commercialize BCIs. Now, China boasts several homegrown BCI companies, and its government is making the development of the technology a priority.
Research on BCIs dates back to the 1970s, but for decades, the technology was too cumbersome and unreliable for practical applications. Neuralink and its US competitors are all aiming to improve on the design and performance of early BCIs to make useful products for patients.
China’s foray into BCI research came later, but the country is quickly catching up to the US. Several companies and research institutions in China have successfully tested BCI implants in patients, showing that people with paralysis can move a cursor on a computer screen, operate a robotic arm, and type out their thoughts. Last year, the Chinese government released ethical guidelines for the use of BCIs. Now, its policy document lays out a road map for speeding up the development of these devices. It outlines 17 specific steps, which include creating better chips to capture brain signals, improving software to decode those signals, standardizing BCI technology, and establishing manufacturing capabilities.
“The Chinese government has always been supportive of disruptive technologies,” says Phoenix Peng, cofounder and CEO of NeuroXess, a BCI company based in Shanghai. “I think, from the government’s point of view, this policy means that BCI technology has already passed from a concept level into the product level.”
Beyond those uses, the policy document lays out other medical applications. It says BCIs could be used to monitor and analyze brain activity in real time to potentially prevent or reduce the risk of certain brain diseases. It also endorses consumer applications, such as monitoring driver alertness. The document says a wearable BCI could provide timely alerts for drowsiness, lack of attention, and slow reaction times, helping to reduce the probability of traffic accidents.
“I think noninvasive BCI products will get a huge market boost in China, because China is the biggest consumer electronics manufacturing country,” Peng says.
A few US companies, including Emotiv and Neurable, have started selling consumer wearables that use electroencephalography, or EEG, to capture brain waves through the scalp. But the devices are still expensive and have yet to take off more broadly.
China’s policy document, meanwhile, is promoting the mass production of non-implantable devices in various forms—forehead-mounted, head-mounted, ear-mounted, ear buds, and helmets, glasses, and headphones. It also proposes piloting BCIs in certain industries for safety management, such as hazardous materials handling, nuclear energy, mining, and electricity. The document suggests that BCIs could provide early warnings for workplace events such as low oxygen levels, poisoning, and fainting.
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Portugal : le gouvernement Costa piégé par la crise bancaire
▻https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/economie/161116/portugal-le-gouvernement-costa-piege-par-la-crise-bancaireLa recapitalisation de la banque publique Caixa Geral de Depósitos, premier établissement financier portugais, tourne à la pantalonnade, le gouvernement Costa ayant accordé aux nouveaux dirigeants des passe-droits jugés inconstitutionnels. Ainsi va la geringonça.
#Economie #Antonio_Costa #Antonio_Domingues #Armando_Vara #banques #BCI #Bloc_de_Gauche #Caixa_Geral_de_Depositos #Catarina_Martins #Commission_européenne #Joao_Miguel_Tavares #José_Socrates #PCP
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Une interface #cerveau-machine en open source - Futura Sciences
▻http://alireailleurs.tumblr.com/post/96337713951Le site Futura Sciences nous apprend la prochaine commercialisation d’une #bci (Brain Machine Interface) en open source, basée sur un Arduino. Il s’agit d’un système d’ EEG permettant d’utiliser 8 électrodes (chez les concurrents, le casque Emotiv en propose 16, et celui de Neurosky une seule). L’équipement coûtera dans les 375 $.
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Open #BCI : contrôler n’importe quoi avec votre cerveau - GigaOm
▻http://gigaom.com/2014/01/16/control-anything-using-your-mind-with-the-openbci-brain-computer-interfaceOpenBCI - ▻http://www.openbci.com - est une #interface cerveau machine non intrusive, ouvert, en kit, et à fabriquer soi-même dans un FabLab qui vient de se lancer avec succès sur Kickstarter... Tags : internetactu fing internetactu2net #diy #refaire BCI interface #OpenHardware
