Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interfaces Go Commercial
Miniaturized noninvasive brain-computer interfaces, with China pushing hardware integration, are moving from labs into medical, industrial and consumer use, making neural data a recurring privacy and surveillance issue.
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Tianjin University unveiled the Shengong Xumi Brain Cube, a 3-gram noninvasive BCI that samples at 1,000 Hz for eight to ten hours and is billed as the smallest of its kind. It is more evidence of Chinese progress in shrinking BCI hardware toward wearable, all-day use.
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Supporting · October 6, 2026
Tianjin University unveils a 3-gram noninvasive brain-computer interface on the day before the optogenetics Nobel Prize
Tianjin University unveiled the Shengong Xumi Brain Cube, a 3-gram noninvasive BCI that samples at 1,000 Hz for eight to ten hours and is billed as the smallest of its kind. It is more evidence of Chinese progress in shrinking BCI hardware toward wearable, all-day use.
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