A man plays a racing game with a brain-computer interface (BCI) device at his residence in East China’s Shanghai, on April 30, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] SHANGHAI – In a quiet ward at Shanghai’s Huashan Hospital, a 28-year-old who has been paralyzed for eight years was playing Mario Kart using only his mind. Thanks to a robotic…
China has unveiled a road map to achieve critical technological advances by 2027, with brain-computer interfaces (BCI) playing a pivotal role in the nation’s tech rivalry with the United States. Seven ministries, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly released a policy blueprint on Thursday providing innovation and implementation guidelines for China’s BCI…
Audrey Crews, a recipient of Elon Musk-owned Neuralink’s brain chip implant celebrated being able to write her name for the first time in 20 years due to the device. In a series of posts, including text, photo and video ones on social media site X (formerly known as Twitter, and also owned by Elon Musk),…
China has unveiled policies to support the development of the medical use of brain-computer interfaces (BCI), technology that enables brain signals to control external devices. The National Medical Products Administration said on Thursday that it would introduce supportive policies for medical devices based on the technology, which could allow people with missing or damaged body…