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The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>A few months ago, ReVision Implant announced on LinkedIn that they have entered a research partnership with Cochlear Inc. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7307520278517932032" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:l</span><span class="invisible">i:activity:7307520278517932032</span></a> There seems to be no official press release; <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a></p>
Anna L. Davis<p>"Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) — implantable medical devices used to treat neurological conditions — are becoming increasingly sophisticated, making them more vulnerable to cyberattacks." <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/neurotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurotech</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <br><a href="https://news.yale.edu/2025/07/23/study-offers-security-measures-safeguarding-brain-implants" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.yale.edu/2025/07/23/study</span><span class="invisible">-offers-security-measures-safeguarding-brain-implants</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>Bloomberg: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Neuralink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuralink</span></a> sees $1 billion of revenue by 2031 in vast expansion <a href="https://archive.ph/h4EZV" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/h4EZV</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> "Neuralink Corp. expects to put its chips in 20,000 people a year by 2031"; <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p><p>"By 2030, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Neuralink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuralink</span></a> sees the launch of its sight-restoring chip <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blindsight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blindsight</span></a>, expanding to 10,000 surgeries a year and bringing in over $500 million" with "a conservative reimbursement of $50k per surgery"</p><p>Until then, you can try The vOICe vision BCI for free <a href="https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">artificialvision.com/neuralink</span><span class="invisible">.htm</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>Optimizing electrical stimulation parameters to enhance visual cortex activation in retina degeneration rats <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-08657-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41598-025</span><span class="invisible">-08657-0</span></a> retinal implant, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>Of course you could also activate the occipital lobe (visual cortex) by performing surgery and sticking electrodes into it. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Neuralink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuralink</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blindsight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blindsight</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>Restoration of sight with electronic retinal prostheses <a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-vision-110323-025244" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">annualreviews.org/content/jour</span><span class="invisible">nals/10.1146/annurev-vision-110323-025244</span></a> retinal implant, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p>
Dr. Thompson<p>🧠 What if AI could sense regret before you clicked?<br>Inside Human Behavior Labs, machines are learning your biometrics, not just your words.<br>This isn't future tech—it's live, it's scalable, and it's watching us to understand us.</p><p>👇 Read how these labs are rewriting the AI playbook:</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@rogt.x1997/inside-the-mind-of-machines-the-labs-where-ai-learns-to-lie-apologize-and-empathize-7c13be1fabe7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@rogt.x1997/inside-</span><span class="invisible">the-mind-of-machines-the-labs-where-ai-learns-to-lie-apologize-and-empathize-7c13be1fabe7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIBehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIBehavior</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalTwins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTwins</span></a><br><a href="https://medium.com/@rogt.x1997/inside-the-mind-of-machines-the-labs-where-ai-learns-to-lie-apologize-and-empathize-7c13be1fabe7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@rogt.x1997/inside-</span><span class="invisible">the-mind-of-machines-the-labs-where-ai-learns-to-lie-apologize-and-empathize-7c13be1fabe7</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>Intracortical bipolar stimulation allows selective activation of neuronal populations in the cortex <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.21.644593v1.abstract" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">25.03.21.644593v1.abstract</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>To Grok: What is the evidence pro or con that a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant in visual cortex will give vision to congenitally blind people as claimed without any evidence by Elon Musk? <a href="https://x.com/i/grok/share/txlo83o1c52Fh4wRcScnzXt1h" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/i/grok/share/txlo83o1c52</span><span class="invisible">Fh4wRcScnzXt1h</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>A wireless cortical surface implant for diagnosing and alleviating Parkinson's disease symptoms in freely moving animals <a href="https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adhm.202570101" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.c</span><span class="invisible">om/doi/epdf/10.1002/adhm.202570101</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>Long-term independent use of an intracortical brain-computer interface for speech and cursor control <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.26.661591v1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">25.06.26.661591v1</span></a> </p><p>I just checked: at least one of the congenitally blind users of The vOICe has been using The vOICe for over 24 years and is still using it today. Neuralink Blindsight brain implant? Only time will tell. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>Simulated prosthetic vision confirms checkerboard as an effective raster pattern for epiretinal implants <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-2552/adecc4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iopscience.iop.org/article/10.</span><span class="invisible">1088/1741-2552/adecc4</span></a> on sequential activation of subsets of electrodes; "Random patterns resulted in the lowest performance"; retinal implant, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>(editorial, paywalled, no abstract) Retinal prostheses for profound vision loss — Have we lost our way? <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ceo.14564" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu</span><span class="invisible">ll/10.1111/ceo.14564</span></a> in Clinical &amp; Experimental Ophthalmology; retinal implant, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>China pours money into brain chips that give paralysed people more control <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02098-5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-02098-5</span></a> "Brain–computer interfaces being trialled in China offer some advantages over Neuralink and other leading US devices" (archived at <a href="https://archive.ph/AQL36" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/AQL36</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>); <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>[To ChatGPT] What is your advice to congenitally blind people: better spend effort to master The vOICe visual-to-auditory sensory substitution, or better wait for Elon Musk's Neuralink Blindsight brain implant? <a href="https://chatgpt.com/share/686c0879-2904-8004-b138-318cd95cdc24" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chatgpt.com/share/686c0879-290</span><span class="invisible">4-8004-b138-318cd95cdc24</span></a> </p><p>[To Grok] What is your advice to congenitally blind people: better spend effort to master The vOICe visual-to-auditory sensory substitution, or better wait for Elon Musk's Neuralink Blindsight brain implant? <a href="https://x.com/i/grok/share/1WgRLpKYjdSs5Um3I9CutERck" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/i/grok/share/1WgRLpKYjdS</span><span class="invisible">s5Um3I9CutERck</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>[Suspicious publication, looks AI-generated] Cortical visual prostheses: a future paradigm shift in ophthalmology and vision restoration <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949889925000261" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S2949889925000261</span></a> No experiments, no new insights, nothing actionable, just a lot of eloquent prose IMHO. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>How many peer-reviewed scientific papers exist about the Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for the blind? [Spoiler: 0 at the time of writing] <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Neuralink+Blindsight&amp;sort=date" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=</span><span class="invisible">Neuralink+Blindsight&amp;sort=date</span></a> vs The vOICe <a href="https://www.artificialvision.com/literature.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">artificialvision.com/literatur</span><span class="invisible">e.htm</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>The curse of The vOICe is that it is so mature, safe, globally available and affordable that it is of little interest to investors (big money) or mass media (hype). Better stick proprietary electrodes into the brain: it may cause seizures, hemorrhages, fail beyond repair, etc.</p><p>ChatGPT: "It's a curse for The vOICe — but it's a curse that points to its strengths." <a href="https://chatgpt.com/share/6866e1d6-71d8-8004-8753-04e3332a3e81" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chatgpt.com/share/6866e1d6-71d</span><span class="invisible">8-8004-8753-04e3332a3e81</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>Long-term performance of intracortical microelectrode arrays in 14 BrainGate clinical trial participants <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.02.25330310v1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">25.07.02.25330310v1</span></a> Utah array, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/longevity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longevity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lifetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifetime</span></a></p>
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺<p>More about the Intracortical Visual Prosthesis Project (ICVP) at <a href="https://chicagolighthouse.org/icvp/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chicagolighthouse.org/icvp/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a></p>