Apple supports control of its devices through the strokes technology

Apple has announced that it is working to add the technology of the BCI brain and computer interface to all its operating systems such as “iOS”, iPados and “Visionos”, and currently experimenting with this technology on a number of volunteers. According to a report published by the Wall Street Journal.

This development can make Apple devices more flexible for people who cannot use their hands due to severe spinal cord injuries or diseases such as atrophic side sclerosis or other reasons.

The BCI’s brain and computer interface is that it is a new technology that enables the user to control his device using brain signals only without the need for any physical movement, and Apple calls this feature “Switch Control”.

Although Apple does not make these facades themselves – such as “Neuralink” of Elon Musk – it cooperates with an emerging company called “Synchron”, which develops a stroke grown through a vein close to the brain, and this slide is known as “Stentrode” and it explains what the user wants through His brain signals and turn them into orders carried out by the operating system on the device without a person touching it.

It is worth noting that “Senkron” slides are not new. Since 2019, the company has planted strokes in 10 people who suffer from severe disabilities that prevent them from moving or speaking, and among them is Mark Jackson with atrophic side sclerosis, who is now learning to control the iPhone, iPad and “Vision Pro” glasses using a stroke.

A video posted by the company last month showed a person named Rodney using the brain chip with Apple Vision Pro glasses to write text messages, feed his dog and operate the fan and lighting the room.

It is noteworthy that the American Food and Drug Administration “FDA” granted the strokes from the company “Cinnicron” classification of “a revolutionary device”, which means that it sees a great possibility to help people with severe disabilities, and although this technology is not available to the general public until now, the American Food and Drug Administration confirms that these devices may help patients to interact better with their environment, and thus give them greater amount of independence in Their daily life.

It is interesting that the method of cultivating the “Cinnker” brain slides is completely different from the “Neuralink” slices that are grown directly inside the brain after a surgical operation that requires a skull hole using a robotic arm, as the “Stintrod” slice enters the brain through the blood vessels in a simple surgical procedure that takes only two hours, and it is similar to the method of installing the cardiac catheter according to the company, which distinguishes this slide that it does not contain any wires It comes out of the head or body.

The technique of the brain and computer interface from Apple is still under development and has not yet been completed, according to what the patient Mark Jackson told the Wall Street Journal, and although the company did not reveal its long -term vision of this technology, its possession of billions of users around the world may help spread it in the future.

On the other hand, the company “Neuralink” says that the brain slides will initially be used to help people with disabilities, but in the future it may give everyone supernatural capabilities and intelligence by integrating humans with machines, and this idea is known as the concept of “technical uniqueness”, a term promoted by the future world Ray Corswell and expects it by 2045 according to “Business Insider” (Business Insider).