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📍Working on something new. Learning about neural interfaces. @Stanford🌲, @StanfordBCI
Jan 18, 2022 17 tweets 10 min read
Brain-computer interface (BCI) 2021 year in review 🧵

2021 was a big year! We saw an intracortical BCI decode handwriting, the 1st country to pass a bill on neuro-rights, & much more

Below we cover the most exciting BCI updates across academia, industry, & public policy Decoding imagined handwriting

Until now, BCIs have been far from the information rate of typing or speaking

By decoding imagined handwriting, researchers have achieved 90 chars/min

This is faster than the rate of *actual* handwriting (40 chars/min)!