A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will. Her case highlights why we need to enshrine neuro rights in law.

“If there is evidence that a brain-computer interface could become part of the self of the human being, then it seems that under no condition besides medical necessity should it be allowed for that BCI to be explanted without the consent of the human user”
#BCI #HumanPerformanceModification

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/25/1073634/brain-implant-removed-against-her-will/

2/ Update to the paywalled article & paper I posted yesterday. No paywall on this one.

Soft ‘Electronic skin’ mimics our sense of touch: A flexible, conductive membrane that can pass sensory information to the brain and muscles is a step towards artificial skin.
#StretchableElectronics
#Prosthetics #HumanPerformanceModification

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01684-9

(Paywall) The disappearing boundary between organism & machine: Artificial skin mimics sensory feedback of biological skin https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adf0262

(Paywall) Neuromorphic sensorimotor loop embodied by monolithically integrated, low-voltage, soft e-skin
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade0086

Prosthetic skin incorporates organic semiconductor transistors; can sense external stimuli & encode them into electrical pulses.

#StretchableElectronics
#Prosthetics #HumanPerformanceModification