Scientists discover new way to connect human brains to computers - through veins

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A team of scientists have managed to connect a human brain to a Windows 10 computer by threading a wire through a blood vessel. “The participants undertook machine-learning-assisted training to use wirelessly transmitted electrocorticography signal associated with attempted movements to control multiple mouse-click actions, including zoom and left-click,” the study states. “Used in combination with an eye-tracker for cursor navigation, participants achieved Windows 10 operating system control to conduct instrumental activities of daily living tasks.” The first participant was able to use the brain-computer interface technology unsupervised at home after 86 days, while the second participant achieved home use after just 71 days of supervision. “The motor system, right now, is what’s going to deliver therapy for people who are paralysed,” Associate Professor Thomas Oxley, lead author of the study and CEO of Synchron, told Wired.