When we read about this incredible Synchron technology, we think back to NIF’s support in its early days: NIF experts and the University of Melbourne’s 7T MRI instrument enabled the first iterations of the device mentioned in this Wired article.
The earliest devices translated neural signals into computerised commands from the inside of a blood vessel! The hope for patients with the incurable motor neuron disease (MND or ALS) is a “game changer” – as a patient describes it: “This technology gives me hope that in the future I’ll still have a way to easily connect with loved ones.”
Congratulations on this minimally invasive, seamless, next iteration of the Synchron technology (and their TIME Magazine ‘best invention’ award in 2021).