Alessandro Volta managed to stimulate his internal ear by using electrical current.
1870
Neural Stimulation
Edward Hitzig and Gustav Fritsch discover stimulating a dog's brain using electricity allowed them to cause muscle movements.
1874
Human Neural Stimulation
Roberts Bartholow experiments with electricity in the brain of a woman with a hole in her head.
1924
Electroencephalogram
Hanns Berger is the first person to record human brain activity with an EEG.
1949
Stimoceiver
Jose Manuel Rodriguez Delgado, a ophthalmologist invented an implanted electrode system inside animals that established two-way communications with the brain. This allowed Jose to stimulate different regions, producing changes in affect and behavior of the animal. He provided this technology to patients with chronic refractory epilepsy and schizophrenia.
1950
Animal Electrical Stimulation
Delgado published 134 scientific publications about electrical stimulations he had made in cats, monkeys and patients, both psychotic and non-psychotic.
1952
Stopping a Bull
Jose Delgado stops a charging bull by controlling its behavior using electrodes.
1952
Chlorpromazine
Bob Heath, a scientist at the Tulane University, invented chlorpromazine which he used on patients with schizophrenia. This is considered the beginning of the neuropsychopharmacology revolution.
1957
Cochlear Implants
André Djourno, a professor of medical physics, and Charles Eyriès, Parisian otologist, tried to restore the facial nerve function of a patient who had extensive bilateral cholesteatoma.
1961
Auditory Percepts
William House, an otologist, and John Doyle, a neurosurgeon, developed an electrode that they placed through the round window in two patients which changed loudness and pitch with the variation in the rate of stimulation.
1962
Neural Prosthetics
Liberson invented a peroneal nerve stimulator to treat foot drop after hemiplegia.
1972
Psychocivilized Society
Delgado wrote a book encouraging the development of a future psychocivilized human being, which suggested controlling people's morality to create a less cruel, happier, and better man.
1984
Multichannel Cochlear Implant
Graeme Clark an ENT professor, conducted basic research on the pathophysiology of profound deafness in animals and on the tolerability of implanted materials, which resulted in the creation of the First Multichannel Cochlear Implant System.
1996
Combating Paralasis
Neurotrophic Electrodes are implanted in paralysed man allowing him to control a computer cursor.
2004
Braingate
A paralyzed man was able to control a computer cursor using a brain chip developed by Cyberkinetics.
2005
Prosthetics
A man with tetraplegia is able to control a robotic arm using a brain computer interface created as part of the BrainGate Project.
2007
Neurolutions Inc.
Neurolutions Inc. Begins to develop BCI for helping people recover from strokes.
2009
BrainGate
The BrainGate project is started, researching BCI for helping people with disabilities.
2010
BitBrain Technologies
BitBrain Technologies begins to develop ways to help monitor brain activity.
2011
Emotiv
Emotiv starts focusing on placing EEG's in common everyday objects like headphones and earbuds.
2013
NeuroPace Inc.
NeuroPace Begins developing brain chips for helping treat epilepsy
2015
Paradromics
Paradromics begins developing advance BCI to help people with disabilities interact with electronic devices.
2015
Neurable
Neurable begins developing a brain chip for helping collect medical data on your brain, helping detect medical problems earlier.
2016
NeuraLink
Elon Musk launches Neuralink to develop ultra high bandwidth brain machine interfaces.
2016
Nia Therapeutics
Nia Therapeutics Begins integrating AI into the human brain to help people with memory loss.
2016
BrainQ
BrainQ Begins developing a helmet like device for helping people with strokes
2019
INBRAIN Neuroelectronics
INBRAIN Neuroelectronics begins development on BCI for helping people with neural disorders.
2020
Kernel
Kernel begins to develop new ways of identifying neural issues.
2021
Precision Neuroscience
Precision Neuroscience starts developing less invasive BCI focused on integrating Artificial Intelligence into the human brain
2022
Synchron, Inc.
Synchron, Inc. begins to develop BCI for pushing the human brain beyond its limits.
2023
Onward Medical
Onward Medical begins using spinal cord stimulation to treat people with spinal injuries.
2024
Cognixion
Cognixion starts making BCI for allowing telepathic communication.
2024
First Brain Chip Implanted
Noland Arbaugh is the first person to receive a brain chip, developed by Neuralink.
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