Brain-computer interfaces are rapidly evolving. Here are six scientists shaping the field

Nearly 20 years after neuroscientist John Donoghue placed electrodes on Matthew Nagle’s motor cortex, allowing the man with no limb movement to control objects using his thoughts, the brain-computer interface field looks dramatically different — both the people doing the research and the technologies they are creating. 

Researchers like Leigh Hochberg and Eddie Chang and big-name startups such as Synchron and Paradromics have turned what was not too long ago an arcane academic interest into a cultural phenomenon. Elon Musk, in particular, has stoked public interest in the technology with avowals that Neuralink’s technology will eventually allow humans to download their brains into robots.

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