More autonomy, fewer NDAs: Volunteers have new requests for brain implant trials

November 13, 2026 · 10:00 am 2 sources

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• More autonomy, fewer NDAs: Volunteers have new requests for brain implant trials
  MIT Technology Review · November 13, 2026 10:00
  Scientists have been working on ways to decode brain activity for decades. Teams have developed brain implants that can be used to control robotic limbs and computers, and even to “speak.” The people who volunteer for trials of those devices play a vital role in that research, and they ought to be…

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• Evolution found another way to build a primate brain
  Phys.org · November 13, 2026 19:00
  What makes the human brain so much larger and more complex than the brains of many other mammals? Scientists have long sought clues in our DNA. Some discoveries show how genetic changes enable the developing brain to produce more cells. Others help explain how long those cells can continue to…