Forget everything you thought you knew about computer cursors. Researchers have come up with a way to turn cursors into a tool that can navigate around 3D space. Conventional pointers that are ...

When a paralyzed person imagines moving a limb, cells in the part of the brain that controls movement still activate as if trying to make the immobile limb work again. Despite neurological injury or ...

Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed techniques that enable computer cursors to interact in 3D in single or multiuser, Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed ...

Electrodes implanted in a monkey’s brain have enabled the animal to move a cursor on a computer screen just by thinking about it, researchers announced Wednesday. The announcement is the latest ...

Devices that allow humans to control computers with their minds are no longer science fiction. Still, in recent years, the amount of control those devices has actually given people has been lacking.

There was a lot of charm to the bygone experience of using a computer in the 90s; I remember the nuances of my modem’s soothing screech better than the hook from “I Want It That Way” (which is ...

Researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver computer cursors with their thoughts. The algorithm's ...

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