Forbes Highlights Our Paper-Thin Wireless Brain Implant
This article highlights our flexible wireless brain-computer interface and explores how high-density, minimally invasive neural interfaces could help shape the future of neurotechnology.
In a recent Forbes article, Dr. William Haseltine examines the BISC brain-computer interface technology being commercialized by Kampto Neurotech. The article describes a flexible implant thinner than a human hair that rests on the brain’s surface and uses 65,536 microscopic electrodes to capture neural activity without penetrating brain tissue.
The article explains how the system combines the high-quality signals of electrocorticography with an unusually compact, fully wireless architecture. The implant integrates the electrode array, signal-processing electronics, wireless power, and data communication on a single flexible CMOS chip, while an external relay station powers the device and receives neural data.
It also highlights results reported in Nature Electronics, including recordings from sensory, motor, and visual areas of the brain in pigs and non-human primates. These experiments demonstrated stable neural recording, motor and visual decoding, and the ability to capture fine spatial patterns of brain activity. The article presents the work as an important step toward neural interfaces that could eventually support applications such as restoring movement, communication, or sensory function, while emphasizing that further development and human clinical validation will be required.
