Brain-computer interfaces · headlines, glossary, explainers
Brain-computer interface news, and the terms to understand it.
neuraspeak lists the latest brain-computer interface headlines from established publishers, defines the terms in every paper, and explains how the technology works.
Latest headlines
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- Bridge Neurotech Partners with Butterfly Network to Develop Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface · Digital Health News · 2026-10-07
- Bridge Neurotech and Butterfly Network Announce Partnership to Develop Fully Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface · BioSpace · 2026-10-07
- China wants to get inside your head · The Economist · 2026-10-06
- Tether Evo’s latest research addresses one of the biggest challenges in brain-computer interfaces · TechCrunch · 2026-10-06
- A New Neurotech Startup Launches to Rival Sam Altman’s Merge Labs · WIRED · 2026-10-06
- Neuralink trains on 50,000 hours of brain data, hits 11.32-bit/s cursor record · Interesting Engineering · 2026-10-02
- Pretraining on 50,000 Hours of Unlabeled Brain Data · Neuralink · 2026-10-01
- How Paradromics designed its Connexus brain-computer interface system · Medical Design & Outsourcing · 2026-09-29
- Precision Neuroscience Raises $250M in Series D for Brain-Computer Interface · Digital Health News · 2026-09-29
- Precision Neuroscience taps $250M in Series D funding for brain-computer interface · Fierce Biotech · 2026-09-28
In numbers
All dataCounts from public databases, with the query and fetch date on every chart.
Where the research is growing
Papers per year for six topics, 2010 to 2026. Each row is shaded relative to its own busiest year, so topics of very different size can be read side by side. 2026 is year to date.
Table view
| Topic | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All BCI | 967 | 1,184 | 1,248 | 1,649 | 1,682 | 1,763 | 2,011 | 1,892 | 2,164 | 2,205 | 2,401 | 2,600 | 2,688 | 2,941 | 3,488 | 4,817 | 4,579 |
| Speech decoding | 175 | 160 | 206 | 239 | 265 | 282 | 308 | 314 | 366 | 355 | 410 | 433 | 402 | 494 | 658 | 916 | 890 |
| EEG-based | 375 | 428 | 520 | 650 | 674 | 726 | 1,017 | 856 | 1,045 | 1,058 | 1,161 | 1,306 | 1,403 | 1,476 | 1,823 | 2,325 | 2,120 |
| Intracortical / ECoG | 35 | 39 | 42 | 58 | 63 | 42 | 58 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 77 | 72 | 100 | 110 | 186 | 210 |
| Endovascular | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 35 | 26 |
| Deep learning | 34 | 41 | 42 | 56 | 56 | 66 | 83 | 125 | 228 | 301 | 394 | 525 | 656 | 781 | 960 | 1,309 | 1,070 |
Source: OpenAlex, title and abstract search; the query for each topic is listed under Method. Fetched 2026-10-09.
How it works
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How Does a Speech Neuroprosthesis Work?
A speech neuroprosthesis records the brain's speech motor signals and uses AI decoders to turn attempted speech into text or a synthesized voice.
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How Fast Can a Brain-Computer Interface Decode Speech?
Speech BCIs went from 15 words per minute in 2021 to 62–78 wpm in 2023 and near-real-time voice in 2025. Here are the verified benchmarks.
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Invasive vs Non-Invasive BCI: What Each Can and Cannot Do
Implanted BCIs have restored fast, large-vocabulary speech in trials. Non-invasive EEG, MEG and fMRI avoid surgery but decode far less. A neutral comparison.