Chinese implantable brain-computer interfaces have put quadriplegic patients back into work, Global Times reported on Thursday, putting the system's latency below 50 milliseconds. The claim so far rests on that single report.
Brain-computer interfaces are systems that pick up signals from the brain and translate them into commands for computers, prosthetics or other devices. Implanted versions place electrodes in or on the brain, which allows finer signal readings than headsets worn outside the skull, and they are aimed above all at people whose paralysis blocks ordinary movement and speech. How fast a system converts thought into action, its latency, is one of the measures developers use to argue that a device is usable in daily life. Chinese developers are pushing into a field long dominated by American groups, and Global Times reported on Thursday, 30 July, that their technology has allowed quadriplegic patients to take up employment again, with latency below 50 milliseconds. Those figures come from that report and have not been independently confirmed here.
Chinese implantable brain-computer interface technology has enabled quadriplegic patients to take up employment again, Global Times reported on Thursday. The report puts the system's latency below 50 milliseconds.