January 2024
Initial results from first human brain implant ‘promising’
The first human patient has received a brain implant from Neuralink, a step forward for the company that aims to let humans control computers with their minds.
November 2020
Stephen Hawking-inspired medtech Control Bionics set to float
Control Bionics has created a wrist-sized device which lets someone who is "locked in" communicate via their computer, browse YouTube or send emails.
December 2019
Stephen Hawking's tip to beat cancer
A young Australian scientist, inspired by a brief exchange with the late famed physicist, is leading Australia in its first medical mission in space.