People who struggle to speak due to neurological disorders, such as motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis, may soon be able to communicate simply by using their thoughts, thanks to an invention from researchers-turned-entrepreneurs at the University of Melbourne.
Fluent, a start-up spun out of the university’s medical research, has developed a device similar to a cochlear implant that is inserted under the scalp but outside the bone to translate brain activity into text.
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