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Graphene-based brain chip offers 200x more power for Parkinson’s patients | Inbrain’s graphene chip is a promising new technology with the potential to improve brain surgery and neurological treatments.


A novel implant has been designed that can read signals and stimulate brain impulses by creating a high-resolution interface with the brain.

By recording and interpreting brain signals, BCIs have opened doors in medical diagnostics, communication for those with speech limitations, and even controlling external equipment like robotic limbs. The chip is embedded with tiny graphene features (not quantum dots) ranging from 25 to 300 micrometers, enabling high-resolution brain signal reading and stimulation. Interestingly, the new graphene device has the ability to “inject 200 times more charge without creating a Faradic reaction.” This offers stability for “over millions of pulses of stimulation” for brain therapy.

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