Archive - neural noise

The $300 Headset and the $100 Million Lab

Consumer hype, DARPA money, and the expectations gap. Post 3 of 14 in How BCI got here (2003-2010, The foundations)

Apr 19

BCI Weekly - April 19, 2026

2026 week 16 (April 13–19). Interfaces and methods over demos.

Apr 19

BCI Weekly - April 12, 2026

2026 week 15 (April 6–12). Methods-heavy week. No major industry news.

Apr 12

BCI Monthly - March 2026

March 2026 ~ The race to market is real now.

Apr 8

BCI Weekly - April 5, 2026

2026 week 14 (March 30-April 5). Blood‑Grown Electrodes, Stroke Implants, and China’s Capital Wave

Apr 6

March 2026

Surface tensions

Cochlear implants scaled. ECoG changed the design space. Post 2 of 14 in How BCI got here (2003–2010).

Mar 30

BCI Weekly - March 29, 2026

2026 week 13 (March 23-29). On-Device Decoding, Portable Stimulation, and a Quietly Important Week

Mar 29

The cortex hadn't gone quiet. BrainGate crossed from monkeys to a human. EEG built the parallel infrastructure. Post 1 of 14 in How BCI got here…

Mar 23

BCI Weekly - March 22, 2026

2026 week 12 (March 16-22)

Mar 23

BCI Weekly - March 15, 2026

2026 week 11 (March 9-15) was a quiet week for headlines, strong week for core methods and clinical foundations.

Mar 15

Neurotech review 2025

What mattered in BCI in 2025, and why I'm starting to write about it in public.

Mar 15

Welcome to Neural Noise

Signal over hype in brain-computer interfaces and neurotechnology

Mar 15

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