Our position on ethics of neurotechnology reflected in NYTimes The New York Times : The Man Who Controls Computers With His Mind nytimes.com/2022/05/12/mag…

Phillip and Rodney are two incredible people fighting ALS. We got them on a group chat. Except I was the only one using my hands to type. ted.com/talks/tom_oxle…

The team at Synchron kicking goals abroad 🇦🇺🇦🇺 'Brain-Computer Interface Startup Implants First Device in US Patient' bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Nathan Higgins NeuroethicsAustralia highlights the empirical uncertainty of post trial access to invasive brain stim. Presenting results from a survey of researchers working in the field. International Neuroethics Society

What a truly incredible week for Australian Neuroethics at the 2022 International Neuroethics Society conference in Montreal! Some excellent research presentations from Monash PhDs Michaela Barber and Nathan Higgins, and an insightful talk on the future of neuroethics from Deakin's Cynthia Forlini!

Some thoughts on yesterday’s Neuralink “show and tell” from an ethics & society perspective 🧵 1/

Neurotechnology is booming -- but making a business success of medical devices is perilous. This story looks at what can happen when companies fail and asks why so little is done to protect people with neural implants. nature.com/immersive/d415…

Thoroughly enjoyed presenting my PhD work at #ANS2022 this week! Thanks to Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) for hosting an amazing conference 🧠

This is the FINAL WEEK to apply for the 2023 SOBR committee! Hear from President Hollie Byrne, Treasurer Arya Jithoo and Media Team members Nathan Higgins and Tegan White about working with SOBR in 2022 🗣️🧠 Also, feel free to DM with any questions!

Great read from Antonio Regalado: An ALS patient set a record for communicating via a brain implant: 62 words per minute! technologyreview.com/2023/01/24/106…

Seems Neuralink has satisfied the FDA re device safety concerns, although the USDA inquiry into animal welfare continues... No recruitment info or trial rego yet, but certainly a significant step for the company following years of turmoil 🧠 theguardian.com/technology/202…

Willett and team (Jaimie Henderson Lab at Stanford) and Sean Metzger and team (Edward Chang Lab at UCSF) recently published two cutting edge demonstrations of a brain computer interface speech neuroprosthesis. The users trained recurrent neural networks that enabled translation

New commentary from Monash PhDs Steph Slack and Nathan Higgins in J. of Medical Ethics. Use of the term ‘invasive’ in medicine is often inconsistent and unclear. But how can we revise ‘invasiveness’ without confusing patients or influencing decision making? jme.bmj.com/content/early/…

Neuralink has put its first chip in a human brain. What could possibly go wrong? · Nathan Higgins via The Conversation theconversation.com/neuralink-has-…

#Neuralink has put its first chip in a human brain. What could possibly go wrong? theconversation.com/neuralink-has-… by Nathan Higgins; #BCI #NeuroTech #NeuroEthics

Last week Neuralink implanted its first patient, a significant milestone given recent internal and regulatory setbacks (animal mistreatment, founders leaving, failed FDA bid). I ask in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand: Is Neuralink prepared for this next set of clinical and ethical hurdles?

We are pleased to announce a call for submissions for the Neuroethics Essay Contest 2024. Participation is open to any high school/post-secondary student, postdoc fellow or early-career trainee. Win cash prizes, free INS membership & more! See the call: t.ly/Lzg5r

Australian neuroethics PhDs from Monash University Isobel Butorac and Nathan Higgins travelled to last week's International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD, USA. Both won awards for their presentations - well done Isobel and Nathan 👏 #Neuroethics2024

Check out the new open peer commentary on stakeholder engagement by the Neural Interfaces Affinity Group, affiliated with the International Neuroethics Society! 🌐 Co-led by MBC's Nathan Higgins and Juan Martin Abreu-Melon from Georgetown University tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…