Quote: “Rich people who are fascinated with these dumb transhumanist ideas” are muddying public understanding of the potential of neurotechnology. “Neuralink is doing legitimate technology development for neuroscience, and then Elon Musk comes along and starts talking about telepathy and stuff.”
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Quote: “Rich people who are fascinated with these dumb transhumanist ideas” are muddying public understanding of the potential of neurotechnology. “Neuralink is doing legitimate technology development for neuroscience, and then Elon Musk comes along and starts talking about telepathy and stuff.”
The Australian Human Rights Commission has voiced an urgent need for legislative privacy law reforms after releasing its own – world first – study into potential impacts from the application of neurotechnology www.qlsproctor.com.au/2025/11/laws...
Laws needed to protect our thoughts – Proctor
The Australian Human Rights Commission has voiced an urgent need for legislative privacy law reforms after releasing its own – world first – study into potential impacts from the application of neurot...
www.qlsproctor.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Australian Human Rights Commission has voiced an urgent need for legislative privacy law reforms after releasing its own – world first – study into potential impacts from the application of neurotechnology www.qlsproctor.com.au/2025/11/laws...
PARIS — From translating thoughts into words to allowing paralyzed people to walk, the field of neurotechnology has been quietly surging ahead, raising hopes of medical breakthroughs — and profound ethical concerns.
Read more: https://mrf.lu/1MV2
Read more: https://mrf.lu/1MV2
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
PARIS — From translating thoughts into words to allowing paralyzed people to walk, the field of neurotechnology has been quietly surging ahead, raising hopes of medical breakthroughs — and profound ethical concerns.
Read more: https://mrf.lu/1MV2
Read more: https://mrf.lu/1MV2
Unesco Adopts Global Standards On 'Wild West' Field of Neurotechnology
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/11/08/0232221/unesco-adopts-global-standards-on-wild-west-field-of-neurotechnology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Unesco Adopts Global Standards On 'Wild West' Field of Neurotechnology
Unesco has adopted the first global ethical standards for neurotechnology, defining "neural data" and outlining more than 100 recommendations aimed at safeguarding mental privacy. "There is no control," said Unesco's chief of bioethics, Dafna Feinholz. "We have to inform the people about the risks, ...
science.slashdot.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Unesco Adopts Global Standards On 'Wild West' Field of Neurotechnology
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/11/08/0232221/unesco-adopts-global-standards-on-wild-west-field-of-neurotechnology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Last day to apply to this exciting maternity cover position: Innovation Pathway Coordinator 🌟
An exciting opportunity to play a key role advancing neurotechnology innovation within the Cambridge NeuroWorks ARIA Partnership
🔗 The closing Today: https://ow.ly/Ciyn50XilxE
An exciting opportunity to play a key role advancing neurotechnology innovation within the Cambridge NeuroWorks ARIA Partnership
🔗 The closing Today: https://ow.ly/Ciyn50XilxE
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Last day to apply to this exciting maternity cover position: Innovation Pathway Coordinator 🌟
An exciting opportunity to play a key role advancing neurotechnology innovation within the Cambridge NeuroWorks ARIA Partnership
🔗 The closing Today: https://ow.ly/Ciyn50XilxE
An exciting opportunity to play a key role advancing neurotechnology innovation within the Cambridge NeuroWorks ARIA Partnership
🔗 The closing Today: https://ow.ly/Ciyn50XilxE
Join the ANST Neurotechnology Focus Group for their next talk on Wednesday, 11/19! Guest speakers Dr. Kathleen Bechtold and Dr. Claudia Haupt will explore the growing role of generative AI within neuropsychology and broader healthcare practices. Zoom Link: TINYURL.COM/GENAINEURO.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Join the ANST Neurotechnology Focus Group for their next talk on Wednesday, 11/19! Guest speakers Dr. Kathleen Bechtold and Dr. Claudia Haupt will explore the growing role of generative AI within neuropsychology and broader healthcare practices. Zoom Link: TINYURL.COM/GENAINEURO.
AI Decodes Visual Brain Activity—and Writes Captions for It #Science #ComputerScience #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Neurotechnology #BrainResearch
AI Decodes Visual Brain Activity—and Writes Captions for It
A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain interprets the world
purescience.news
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
AI Decodes Visual Brain Activity—and Writes Captions for It #Science #ComputerScience #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Neurotechnology #BrainResearch
Cambridge #neuroscientist Dr Flavia Mancini has joined a landmark #research consortium aiming to revolutionise the treatment of chronic pain through personalised #neurotechnology
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
The 6-year, £11m project backed by the EPSRC is led by @ox.ac.uk
#ChronicPain
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
The 6-year, £11m project backed by the EPSRC is led by @ox.ac.uk
#ChronicPain
Cambridge neuroscientist joins UK programme to develop next-generation neurotechnologies for chronic pain
The EPIONE programme – Effective Pain Interventions with Neural Engineering – is a six-year, £11 million project backed by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). It is led by ...
www.eng.cam.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Cambridge #neuroscientist Dr Flavia Mancini has joined a landmark #research consortium aiming to revolutionise the treatment of chronic pain through personalised #neurotechnology
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
The 6-year, £11m project backed by the EPSRC is led by @ox.ac.uk
#ChronicPain
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
The 6-year, £11m project backed by the EPSRC is led by @ox.ac.uk
#ChronicPain
Treating OCD with neurotechnology
Researchers at UCSF used iEEG to map brain circuits in severe OCD, identifying the ventral capsule as bridge between the prefrontal cortex and limbic system. Multi-area DBS implantation led to rapid symptom improvement 🧠
#neuroskyence @changlabucsf.bsky.social
Researchers at UCSF used iEEG to map brain circuits in severe OCD, identifying the ventral capsule as bridge between the prefrontal cortex and limbic system. Multi-area DBS implantation led to rapid symptom improvement 🧠
#neuroskyence @changlabucsf.bsky.social
Invasive brain mapping identifies personalized therapeutic neuromodulation targets that suppress OCD network activity - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Invasive brain mapping identifies personalized therapeutic neuromodulation targets that suppress OCD network activity
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Treating OCD with neurotechnology
Researchers at UCSF used iEEG to map brain circuits in severe OCD, identifying the ventral capsule as bridge between the prefrontal cortex and limbic system. Multi-area DBS implantation led to rapid symptom improvement 🧠
#neuroskyence @changlabucsf.bsky.social
Researchers at UCSF used iEEG to map brain circuits in severe OCD, identifying the ventral capsule as bridge between the prefrontal cortex and limbic system. Multi-area DBS implantation led to rapid symptom improvement 🧠
#neuroskyence @changlabucsf.bsky.social
Techbro surprised when autistic and/disabled people do not fawn over his neurotechnology claiming to help identify "pathologies such as autism" seems to be a recurring thing; but also speaks to a deep rooted ableism in the way tech is being taught, understood and enacted in relation to disability
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Techbro surprised when autistic and/disabled people do not fawn over his neurotechnology claiming to help identify "pathologies such as autism" seems to be a recurring thing; but also speaks to a deep rooted ableism in the way tech is being taught, understood and enacted in relation to disability
To read Sanes' contributions to @thetransmitter.bsky.social, check out his guest-edited essay series on ‘Frontiers in Human Neurotechnology’ and other essays. www.thetransmitter.org/contributor/...
Joshua R. Sanes
www.thetransmitter.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
To read Sanes' contributions to @thetransmitter.bsky.social, check out his guest-edited essay series on ‘Frontiers in Human Neurotechnology’ and other essays. www.thetransmitter.org/contributor/...
As AI & neurotechnology advance, ERC researchers call for a renewed focus on understanding consciousness, one of science’s greatest challenges.
Read more on these ethical and societal questions:
👉 link.europa.eu/gvJ678
Read more on these ethical and societal questions:
👉 link.europa.eu/gvJ678
Advancing consciousness science | Frontiers in Science
YouTube video by Frontiers
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
As AI & neurotechnology advance, ERC researchers call for a renewed focus on understanding consciousness, one of science’s greatest challenges.
Read more on these ethical and societal questions:
👉 link.europa.eu/gvJ678
Read more on these ethical and societal questions:
👉 link.europa.eu/gvJ678
Register now for next week's Cambridge NeuroWorks NeuroTech Unconference and contribute to shaping the future of neurotechnology 🧠🚀
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Cambridge NeuroWorks - NeuroTech Unconference · Luma
Join the unconference shaping the future of neurotech - no panels, no passive listening, just bold ideas, real conversations, and the people actually building…
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October 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Register now for next week's Cambridge NeuroWorks NeuroTech Unconference and contribute to shaping the future of neurotechnology 🧠🚀
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Now out in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social!
📖 Read the open-access article: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
#Neuroscience #Neurology #Parkinsonsdisease #Parkinsons #DeepBrainStimulation #DBS #Neurotechnology #Neuromodulation #Neurophysiology #BasalGanglia #OpenScience #Reproducibility
📖 Read the open-access article: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
#Neuroscience #Neurology #Parkinsonsdisease #Parkinsons #DeepBrainStimulation #DBS #Neurotechnology #Neuromodulation #Neurophysiology #BasalGanglia #OpenScience #Reproducibility
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A big push for #BCI and #neurotechnology in Europe! We implanted our second microelectrode array #BCI @tum.de. Huge thanks to our pioneer and to fantastic colleagues in #Neurosurgery and #Robotics #Machine #Intelligence 🧠🦾🧪 #neuroskyence @neuroengineering.bsky.social
www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
Brain-computer interface for a patient with quadriplegia
A team at the Technical University of Munich’s TUM University Hospital has implanted a brain-computer interface in a patient paralyzed from the neck down.
www.tum.de
October 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A big push for #BCI and #neurotechnology in Europe! We implanted our second microelectrode array #BCI @tum.de. Huge thanks to our pioneer and to fantastic colleagues in #Neurosurgery and #Robotics #Machine #Intelligence 🧠🦾🧪 #neuroskyence @neuroengineering.bsky.social
www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
A technology-neutral approach to privacy for neurotechnology | World Economic Forum
www.weforum.org
October 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A technology-neutral approach to privacy for neurotechnology | World Economic Forum
Episode #33 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On computational neurotechnology for the clinic – with Anthony Burkitt, Nada Yousif and Esra Neufeld
theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn33
I hosted a panel debate on the topic at CNS2025 in Florence in July. @cnsorg.bsky.social
theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn33
I hosted a panel debate on the topic at CNS2025 in Florence in July. @cnsorg.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Episode #33 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On computational neurotechnology for the clinic – with Anthony Burkitt, Nada Yousif and Esra Neufeld
theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn33
I hosted a panel debate on the topic at CNS2025 in Florence in July. @cnsorg.bsky.social
theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn33
I hosted a panel debate on the topic at CNS2025 in Florence in July. @cnsorg.bsky.social
Mahnaz Arvaneh created this great video on the importance of equality and diversity in brain research and neurotechnology:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2cuxv...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2cuxv...
www.dropbox.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Mahnaz Arvaneh created this great video on the importance of equality and diversity in brain research and neurotechnology:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2cuxv...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2cuxv...
🚨Big news!🚨
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.
I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.
I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!
🧠🎼 What does it take to restore movement? Neuroscientist and engineer, @juangallego.bsky.social, joins the new Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at the Champalimaud Foundation.
🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...
🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨Big news!🚨
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.
I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.
I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!
🧠🎼 What does it take to restore movement? Neuroscientist and engineer, @juangallego.bsky.social, joins the new Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at the Champalimaud Foundation.
🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...
🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...
October 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🧠🎼 What does it take to restore movement? Neuroscientist and engineer, @juangallego.bsky.social, joins the new Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at the Champalimaud Foundation.
🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...
🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...
New paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering by @timonmerk.bsky.social !
We built a platform that unites AI-based brain signal decoding with connectomics across 123 hours of recordings from 73 patients. A step toward adaptive, network-level neurotechnology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We built a platform that unites AI-based brain signal decoding with connectomics across 123 hours of recordings from 73 patients. A step toward adaptive, network-level neurotechnology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Invasive neurophysiology and whole brain connectomics for neural decoding in patients with brain implants - Nature Biomedical Engineering
A modularized open-source pipeline for invasive brain signal decoding bridges the gap between closed-loop neuromodulation and clinical brain–computer interface approaches in a large patient cohort.
www.nature.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
New paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering by @timonmerk.bsky.social !
We built a platform that unites AI-based brain signal decoding with connectomics across 123 hours of recordings from 73 patients. A step toward adaptive, network-level neurotechnology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We built a platform that unites AI-based brain signal decoding with connectomics across 123 hours of recordings from 73 patients. A step toward adaptive, network-level neurotechnology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meet the #EHFG2025 speakers ⬇️
On 3 October, Virginia Mahieu, Neurotechnology Director at the @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social, will join the third EHFG plenary:
🤝 Solidarity in a digitalised world
📍 Register to follow online for free 👉 bit.ly/46wmEHF
#SolidarityInHealth
On 3 October, Virginia Mahieu, Neurotechnology Director at the @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social, will join the third EHFG plenary:
🤝 Solidarity in a digitalised world
📍 Register to follow online for free 👉 bit.ly/46wmEHF
#SolidarityInHealth
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Meet the #EHFG2025 speakers ⬇️
On 3 October, Virginia Mahieu, Neurotechnology Director at the @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social, will join the third EHFG plenary:
🤝 Solidarity in a digitalised world
📍 Register to follow online for free 👉 bit.ly/46wmEHF
#SolidarityInHealth
On 3 October, Virginia Mahieu, Neurotechnology Director at the @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social, will join the third EHFG plenary:
🤝 Solidarity in a digitalised world
📍 Register to follow online for free 👉 bit.ly/46wmEHF
#SolidarityInHealth
Very much enjoyed today's workshop on neurotechnology from a foreign and security policy perspective organized by @jhensing.bsky.social, featuring a presentation of this report by the Centre for Future Generations on the governance challenges of neurotechnology. Worth a read.
cfg.eu/towards-incl...
cfg.eu/towards-incl...
Towards inclusive EU governance of neurotechnologies - Centre for Future Generations
Our report explores ethical and regulatory challenges in Neurotechnology, highlights key grey areas, and makes recommendations for EU governance of Neurotech devices.
cfg.eu
March 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Very much enjoyed today's workshop on neurotechnology from a foreign and security policy perspective organized by @jhensing.bsky.social, featuring a presentation of this report by the Centre for Future Generations on the governance challenges of neurotechnology. Worth a read.
cfg.eu/towards-incl...
cfg.eu/towards-incl...