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A new study helps explain how the brain creates mental images https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-5776510/a-new-study-helps-explain-how-the-brain-creates-mental-images

"OK, if I say the word puppy, you probably get a mental picture of something cute and cuddly with ears and a wiggly tail."

Visual-to-auditory sensory substitution for the blind aims to tap into this to create a scalable noninvasive visual prosthesis https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm #BCI #blindness

"OK, if I say the word puppy, you probably get a mental picture of something cute and cuddly with ears and a wiggly tail." Visual-to-auditory sensory substitution for the blind aims to tap into this to create a scalable noninvasive visual prosthesis www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm #BCI

The vOICe vision BCI, or a bra...
The vOICe vision BCI, or a brain implant?

White paper comparing Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants with The vOICe vision BCI for the totally blind.

The vOICe vision BCI
Grand challenges for systems neuroscience: perspectives and opportunities www.frontiersin.org/journals/sys... "Translational reach: novel stimulation paradigms, brain–computer interfaces (BMIs), and biomarkers for brain disorders are moving toward clinical reality." #BMI #BCI

Frontiers | Grand challenges f...
Frontiers | Grand challenges for systems neuroscience: perspectives and opportunities

Systems neuroscience is a subdiscipline of neuroscience that studies how neural networks at different levels (e.g., microcircuits, meso-networks, and macro-s...

Frontiers
Grand challenges for systems neuroscience: perspectives and opportunities https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/systems-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2026.1818506/full "Translational reach: novel stimulation paradigms, brain–computer interfaces (BMIs), and biomarkers for brain disorders are moving toward clinical reality." #BMI #BCI
Frontiers | Grand challenges for systems neuroscience: perspectives and opportunities

Systems neuroscience is a subdiscipline of neuroscience that studies how neural networks at different levels (e.g., microcircuits, meso-networks, and macro-s...

Frontiers
Augmented reality for the blind - hardware and software combination https://blindza.com/camera_glasses/ by Jacob Kruger, blind user of The vOICe, #Android #AR/#XR, #noninvasive #BCI #blindness
Augmented reality for the blind - hardware and software combination blindza.com/camera_glass... by Jacob Kruger, blind user of The vOICe, #Android #AR/#XR, #noninvasive #BCI #blindness

Augmented reality for the blin...
Augmented reality for the blind - hardware and software combination

The future of vision restoration with ReVision Implant https://www.azolifesciences.com/news/20260326/The-Future-of-Vision-Restoration-With-ReVision-Implant.aspx using bioresorbable coating for flexible (soft) electrode insertion; brain implant, #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness

"We know we can generate dots of light and simple shapes, but understanding how patients interpret more complex imagery, such as faces or dynamic environments, remains a key unknown."

The future of vision restoration with ReVision Implant www.azolifesciences.com/news/2026032... using bioresorbable coating for flexible (soft) electrode insertion; brain implant, #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
Science Corp confirms, saying "At the scale of neurons, even the smallest electrodes are destructive" science.xyz/technologies... "Biohybrid is a neural interface technology that uses living neurons to connect to the brain instead of wires"; #BCI #NeuroTech

Biohybrid | Science Corporatio...
Biohybrid | Science Corporation

The Science biohybrid architecture integrates neurons into its electronics, rather than trying to integrate electronics into the brain.

Science Corporation
A further overview of how The vOICe vision BCI compares to brain implants for restoring vision, such as Elon Musk's announced Neuralink Blindsight brain implant, is in the white paper at www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Electrode-based implants are not the only game in town. #BCI #blind

The vOICe vision BCI, or a bra...
The vOICe vision BCI, or a brain implant?

White paper comparing Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants with The vOICe vision BCI for the totally blind.

The vOICe vision BCI