Apple partnered with Synchron to develop technology that allows people to control their devices with thoughts

Apple its partner with the brain and computer interface manufacturer of sync to develop the technologies that Allows users to control devices like an iPhone with their thoughts, According to a report of Wall Street JournalS This is designed to help people with medical conditions that limit the use of the hand, such as spinal cord injuries or diseases such as ALS.

Here is the essence. Sync develops A stent -like implant, which is placed in a vein on top of the brain motor. It’s called Stentrode and reads brain signals before translating them in the choice of screen icons. People can use the implant to select icons Apple Devices Thanks to the software called Switch Control, which is a feature in the Apple axis that allows new entrances to be added.

Human trials are successful And now the two companies are working to develop a new standard for technology specifically for Apple devices. These implants are commonly referred to as brain computer interfaces (BCI), and Apple is looking forward to a day when this type of technology is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

However, this day is probably off, even if the last tests have shown many promisesS Apple plans to launch the new Synchron software standard for third-country developers implants later this year.

The early tester uses Apple’s new software along with a Stentrode implant to control Apple Vision Pro and other devices. The ALS patient managed to look over a mountain in the Swiss Alps in VR and communicate with his iPhone and iPad. It is worth noting that current technology has its limits. The tester could not use the implant to imitate the navigation of the touch screen with your fingers or to move a mouse cursor. However, there are over 150,000 people in the United States who suffer from serious disorders of the upper limbs that could be candidates for BCI.

Apple has long been at the forefront of accessibility technology. It has launched similar software to connect hearing aids throughout the road in 2014, which has since become an industrial standard. More recently the company brought focused on its accessibility Magician reader to Macs And improved your set of access tools to Braille access.