Apple acquires brain imaging firm for health and accessibility features
Apple has bought Sonera, a California company that makes non-invasive sensors that can measure neural signals from the brain, with health benefits ranging from muscle monitoring to active thought control of devices. Nishita Deka (left) and Dominic Labanowski, co-founders of Sonera - image credit: Sonera. It's already been proven possible to control an Apple Vision Pro by thought, but it involved an implant in a user's head. Now Apple has acquired Sonera, whose technology detects magnetic muscle activity. In 2020, co-founder Nishita Deka said that her firm aimed to make brain imaging portable and affordable. "We are trying to detect brain activity using cheaper, faster methods that are still high-performance," she said. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Apple has bought Sonera, a California company that makes non-invasive sensors that can measure neural signals from the brain, with health benefits ranging from muscle monitoring to active thought control of devices. Nishita Deka (left) and Dominic Labanowski, co-founders of Sonera - image credit: Sonera. It's already been proven possible to control an Apple Vision Pro by thought, but it involved an implant in a user's head. Now Apple has acquired Sonera, whose technology detects magnetic muscle activity. In 2020, co-founder Nishita Deka said that her firm aimed to make brain imaging portable and affordable. "We are trying to detect brain activity using cheaper, faster methods that are still high-performance," she said. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Apple has bought Sonera, a California company that makes non-invasive sensors that can measure neural signals from the brain, with health benefits ranging from muscle monitoring to active thought control of devices.
Nishita Deka (left) and Dominic Labanowski, co-founders of Sonera - image credit: Sonera.
It's already been proven possible to control an Apple Vision Pro by thought, but it involved an implant in a user's head.
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