Brain Implant Startup Backed by Gates and Bezos Is Testing Mind-Controlled Computing on Humans
Synchron is part of the brain-computer interface industry (BCI) that deciphers brain signals and translates them into commands for external technologies. The system is implanted through the blood vessels, rather than open brain surgery or burr holes. It allows patients to operate technology using only their minds. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos contributed to Synchron’s latest $75 million financing round. Synchron became the first company to receive an Investigational Device Exemption from the FDA to conduct trials of a permanently implantable BCI in human patients. So far, the technology has been used on three patients in the U.S. and four in Australia.
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