New smart chip makes low-powered, wireless neural implants a possibility

Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 10:50 in Physics & Chemistry

A versatile chip offers multiple applications in various electronic devices, report researchers, suggested that there is now hope that a low-powered, wireless neural implant may soon be a reality. Neural implants when embedded in the brain can alleviate the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease or give paraplegic people the ability to move their prosthetic limbs.

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