Tag: non-invasive

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Research

DARPA's Firefox programme wants a 100-channel non-invasive brain-computer interface

DARPA has opened its Firefox programme, run out of the Biological Technologies Office by program manager Dr Pedro Irazoqui, targeting a coherent-optical non-invasive brain-computer interface at 100 channels with 50-micron spatial and 100-microsecond temporal resolution. The stated goal is to replace surgically implanted electrodes. Proposers Day is 1 September 2026, registration closes 21 August. Firefox appears to follow directly from the coherent-optical track first funded under DARPA's N3 program at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in 2019.

Aug 20

Research

DARPA is funding non-invasive neuroplasticity technology

DARPA's Defense Sciences Office has posted Special Notice DARPA-SN-26-111 for its forthcoming SHINE (Selective Harnessing of Intrinsic Neuroplasticity Engineering) Disruption Opportunity, with a prerecorded Information Session webcast on 25 August 2026 and the DO release anticipated the same month. Program manager is Robin Bonomi. SHINE aims to non-invasively induce adaptive neuroplasticity in targeted dysfunctional neural circuits for injury recovery, spanning five modality domains. Awards will be Other Transactions for prototype projects. Registration closes 14 August 2026 and is unusually open to foreign nationals.

Aug 11

Industry News

ActivateNeuro launches with $2.9M and a Battelle license for the NeuroLife sleeve for stroke and SCI rehab

ActivateNeuro launched on 25 June 2026 with $2.9M and a license to Battelle's non-invasive NeuroLife sleeve, an sEMG-driven FES wearable for stroke and spinal cord injury hand rehabilitation.

Jun 25

Research

Personalised TMS Reaches the Hippocampus Without Surgery, Iowa Study Shows

University of Iowa researchers have demonstrated for the first time that non-invasive transcranial magnetic stimulation can modulate hippocampal activity when the stimulation site is tailored to each patient's brain connectivity.

Apr 4

Market Moves

Gestala Raises $21 Million for Ultrasound BCI in Record Chinese Early-Stage Round

The two-month-old startup founded by Shanda billionaire Tianqiao Chen and former NeuroXess founder Phoenix Peng secures the largest early-stage BCI funding in China, betting that focused ultrasound can reach deeper brain circuits than any implant.

Mar 12

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