China has made the second successful invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) clinical trials in Shanghai.⁣ ⁣ A high paraplegia patient who suffered a spinal cord injury in 2022 received the implantation of a BCI system this year.⁣ ⁣ The patient was only able to move his head and neck after a year’s rehabilitation. Now he is able to steer a wheelchair for a stroll and command a robotic dog to retrieve takeout food using only his thoughts.⁣ ⁣ Researchers have successfully expanded the system from “two-dimensional screen” tasks such as cursor control to “three-dimensional actions” in the real world.⁣ ⁣ The patient now works as an online auditor for a vending machine company, participating in online data annotation tasks, becoming China's first patient to achieve online employment with the aid of an invasive brain-computer interface system.⁣ ⁣ #BCI #braincomputerinterface #Chinatech