China completes world's first interventional BCI experiment on non-human primates


TIANJIN, May 5 (Xinhua) -- World's first interventional brain-computer interface (BCI) experiment on non-human primates was successfully completed on Thursday, by a research team led by scientists with Nankai University.

Through building a BCI to the monkey's brain, scientists successfully identified and collected electroencephalography signals which achieved control over a mechanical arm.

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