Get the latest tech news

China Is Building a Brain-Computer Interface Industry


A new policy document outlines China’s plan to create an internationally competitive BCI industry within five years, and proposes developing devices for both health and consumer uses.

Several companies and research institutions in China have successfully tested BCI implants in patients, showing that people with paralysis can move a cursor on a computer screen, operate a robotic arm, and type out their thoughts. Minmin Luo, director of the Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR) in Beijing, agrees that the country is well on its way to meeting the goals set out by the new policy document. China’s policy document, meanwhile, is promoting the mass production of non-implantable devices in various forms—forehead-mounted, head-mounted, ear-mounted, ear buds, and helmets, glasses, and headphones.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Wired

Read more on:

Photo of China

China

Related news:

News photo

If you thought China's Salt Typhoon was booted off critical networks, think again

News photo

Nvidia CEO Huang says bringing Blackwell AI chip to China 'is a real possibility'

News photo

China Finds Buyers for Surplus Solar: Africa’s Energy-Hungry Countries