Thinner than a human hair, that's what the new brain implant looks like

The proposal comes from Precision, a company born in the year 2021 and one of the many companies dedicated to the brain-computer interface industry, also known as BCI, for its acronym in English. A BCI is nothing more than a system that understands brain signals and converts them into commands for external technologies, such as operating a computer by thought alone.

Although it sounds like science fiction, several companies have created devices with this capability with successful results. Precision was co-founded by Michael Mager and Benjamin Rapoport, who also co-founded Elon Musk's BCI company, Neuralink.

The difference of this new technology lies in the size of the BCI and its implementation, while other technologies such as Neuralink's BCI, which needs to be implanted in the brain, Precision's BCI requires a minimal incision.

The device is extremely small and aims to help paralysis patients operate digital devices with only signals emitted by neurons. This would allow patients in very advanced conditions of degenerative diseases to communicate through cursor movement, digital writing and even access social networks, with their mind.

This new implant is composed of a matrix of electrodes, like an adhesive tape, and being thinner than a human hair, it adjusts to the surface of the brain without damaging any tissue.

Its implantation is as minimally invasive as possible; the surgeon makes a thin slot, less than a millimeter thick, and then inserts the matrix, like inserting a letter in a mailbox. So much so that patients do not even need to have their hair shaved prior to the operation.

Precision's mission is to change the lives of millions of people with brain technology, and they are proving it with this invention.

You can read more on the official website, https://precisionneuro.io/

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