In today’s classrooms, pens and exercise books are increasingly having to make way for screens and keyboards. Does technology help pupils write as efficiently?

As part of the BrainGate clinical trial, researchers are using tiny electrode arrays to record signals from the motor cortex of the brain. Those signals can then be used to control robotic prostheses, ...

Two microelectrode arrays in the “hand area” of the brain measure neural activity. A recurrent neural network (RNN) then converts the signals into probabilities for each character. These probabilities ...

Following the announcement of two new iPads, Apple released its iPadOS 14 update on Wednesday, Sept. 16, which is packed with new features tech fans will love. Some of the noteworthy additions include ...

When someone is paralyzed from the neck down, it goes without saying that they can no longer write words out by hand. They can still think about doing so, though, and those thoughts could allow them ...

Electrodes in a paralyzed man’s brain turned his imagined handwriting into words typed on a screen. The translation from brain to text may ultimately point to ways to help people with disabilities ...

Writing by hand: Neuroscientists Say This One Old-School Habit Can Boost Your Brain in Just 15 Minutes a Day In an era dominated by keyboards, voice notes and AI-generated text, one surprisingly ...

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