Blackrock Neurotech 植入者 Galen Buckwalter 用大脑植入体创作音乐
Wired – Meet the Man Making Music With His Brain Implant
四肢瘫痪的 Galen Buckwalter 2024 年在 Caltech 参与脑植入研究，脑中 6 枚 Blackrock Neurotech 芯片读取神经元活动并解码运动意图，使他能用思维操作电脑、恢复手指触感，近期更用大脑创作音乐。他认为脑机接口要被广泛使用，体验必须足够有趣。
April 1, 2026
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By: Emily Mullin
Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going to be successful.
“GALEN BUCKWALTER DIDN’T hesitate to get a craniotomy in 2024 as part of a brain implant study at Caltech. The 69-year-old research psychologist wanted to contribute to cutting-edge science that could help other people with paralysis.
Buckwalter has been a quadriplegic since a diving accident at age 16 left him paralyzed from the chest down. The six chips in his brain, made by Blackrock Neurotech, read activity from his neurons and decode movement intention. They enable him to operate a computer with his thoughts, feel sensation in his fingers that he had lost, and, more recently, make music with his mind.”
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