{"id":24961,"date":"2026-09-15T10:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/?p=24961"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:58:54","slug":"scientists-develop-a-multifunctional-brain-implant-that-translates-speech-and-gestures-in-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/scientists-develop-a-multifunctional-brain-implant-that-translates-speech-and-gestures-in-real-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists develop a \u201cmultifunctional\u201d brain implant that translates speech and gestures in real time"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a new study published in Nature Neuroscience<\/em>, researchers have developed the first neurotechnology device capable of decoding human speech and nonverbal communication (gestures) simultaneously and in real time.<\/p>\n

The brain-computer interface (BCI) uses artificial intelligence to transform electrical brain activity into text on a screen while also controlling the movements of a personalized animated avatar. According to Samantha Brosler, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), previous generations of similar technologies were primarily designed for a single specific function \u2014 such as restoring speech or controlling a robotic arm. The new system represents an important step forward in the development of multifunctional implants.<\/p>\n

The main challenge was that neural signals in the brain partially overlap during speech and gesticulation. To address this problem, scientists placed 253 electrodes over the patients\u2019 sensorimotor cortex, allowing them to capture both types of signals.<\/p>\n

Two patients participated in the study. The first had impaired speech and movement as a result of a stroke, while the second had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). During testing, participants were asked to imagine specific phrases and gestures (such as greeting and waving, or saying \u201cyes\u201d and nodding) both independently and simultaneously.<\/p>\n

After training the artificial intelligence algorithm, the system was able to decode the data with high accuracy and convey it through the avatar. In speech-simulation tests, the device achieved 100% accuracy in recognizing speech and gestures for the first patient. For the second patient, speech decoding accuracy averaged 75%, while gesture recognition reached 85%.<\/p>\n

According to Christian Herff, a neuroscientist at Maastricht University, the results are of high quality and raise hopes that similar neuroprostheses could soon be introduced into everyday practice. At this stage, the system can read only isolated phrases and gestures, but the research team is continuing its work to expand the system\u2019s vocabulary and eventually enable continuous and even more precise control of individual body parts, such as the joints of the hand.<\/p>\n

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According to a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers have developed the first neurotechnology device capable of decoding human speech and nonverbal communication (gestures) simultaneously and in real time. The brain-computer interface (BCI) uses artificial intelligence to transform electrical brain activity into text on a screen while also controlling the movements of a personalized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1631,1594,1665,1587,1657,1659],"tags":[2425],"class_list":["post-24961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-neurology","category-news","category-public-health","category-research","category-science","category-technologies","tag-brain-implant"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24969,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24961\/revisions\/24969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}