Paradromics' first BCI user generates real-time speech as trial adds personal devices

Founder Matt Angle's decade-long effort is moving from neural recordings toward daily communication, though Connexus remains investigational and human evidence is early.

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Primary source: Forbes

Why it matters

Paradromics is testing whether an implanted BCI can move from a lab demonstration toward communication and device control in daily life. Its first real-time speech result is a meaningful early milestone, while the investigational study still has to establish safety, reliability and performance across more participants.

A person intently focuses on a tablet in a well-lit room, implying silent communication through a brain-computer interface.

Paradromics founder and CEO Matt Angle has spent years trying to move high-resolution brain recordings out of research labs and into a medical device. In September, the first participant in Paradromics' study used its implanted Connexus system to generate real-time speech; an FDA study expansion announced in August also lets study participants use compatible personal laptops, tablets and phones with the system.…

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