Brain-sensing allows monkey to type at rate of 12 words per minute

In a pilot experiment conducted with monkeys, the animals equipped with brain-sensing technology were able to transcribe passages from The New York Times and Shakespeare's Hamlet at a rate of 12 English words per minute.

That technology, developed by Stanford Bio-X scientists Krishna Shenoy, a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, and postdoctoral fellow Paul Nuyujukian, directly reads brain signals to drive a cursor moving over a keyboard, which could provide a way for people with movement disorders to communicate.