ShowHN: My research to build Brain Machine Interfaces

I'm entering a National Science Foundation competition to explain my research to the public. In our lab, we develop brain machine interfaces and algorithms to translate neural activity in the motor cortex of the brain into signals that control robotic arms and computer cursors.

At the moment, we can achieve ~12 words per minute under neural control.

http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v15/n12/full/nn.3265.html