苹果公司正与脑机接口公司Synchron合作，开发植入式设备，通过读取脑信号控制设备。该技术旨在将脑信号转化为操作指令，如在iPhone、iPad和Apple Vision Pro上选择图标，无需物理移动或语音命令。Synchron的Stentrode设备已在ALS患者身上进行测试，帮助他们通过脑波导航屏幕。虽然目前技术尚处于早期阶段，操作速度较慢，但对残疾人群体来说是一项重大的可访问性进展。苹果还在不断推进其他辅助功能，如Personal Voice和改进的运动相关工具。

🧠苹果与Synchron合作开发脑机接口技术，旨在通过植入式设备读取脑信号，实现用意念控制iPhone、iPad和Apple Vision Pro等设备，无需物理移动或语音指令。

🧑‍⚕️Synchron的Stentrode设备已在ALS患者Mark Jackson身上进行测试，该设备植入大脑运动皮层顶部的静脉中，能够有效地翻译脑电波，帮助用户在屏幕上导航并选择图标。Mark Jackson通过Stentrode连接Apple Vision Pro，体验了虚拟现实，感受到了站立时的感觉。

🚀Synchron声称是首家实现与新型BCI人机接口设备（BCI HID）原生集成的BCI公司。埃隆·马斯克的Neuralink也在开发类似功能的神经技术，其N1芯片已于2024年初首次植入人体，并成功实现通过意念控制光标。

🗣️苹果还在不断推进其他辅助功能，包括为失去说话能力的人提供的Personal Voice功能，以及改进的运动相关辅助工具，如更快的眼动和头部追踪，以及减少Mac上的晕动症。

Apple is working on a way for people with physical disabilities to control devices with their thoughts.

On Tuesday, the tech giant announced a partnership with brain-computer interface (BCI) company Synchron that's developing an implantable device with electrodes that read brain signals. This technology enables Apple to translate these signals into actions like selecting icons on the screens of iPhones, iPads, and Apple Vision Pro "without the need for physical movement or voice commands," according to the press release.

The Wall Street Journal's report detailed Apple and Synchron's work with early testers for developing this new form of technological communication. Pittsburgh resident Mark Jackson who has ALS has the Synchron brain implant called Stentrode, which is a "a stent-like device that is implanted in a vein atop the brain’s motor cortex." The device "effectively translates brain waves, allowing a user to navigate around a screen and select an icon," the Journal wrote.

When using the Apple Vision Pro while connected to the Stentrode, Jackson was able to virtually "peer over the ledge of a mountain in the Swiss Alps and feel his legs shake," even though his limited motor function prevents him from being able to stand up.

That said, it's early days for this breakthrough technology and Jackson explained how he "can’t use it to mimic moving a cursor with a mouse or a touch screen with fingers, so navigation is much slower than normal interaction with a computer or smartphone."

But it's a major accessibility development for the disabled community. Synchron claims to be "the first BCI company to achieve native integration with a new BCI Human Interface Device (BCI HID) profile." Elon Musk's Neuralink is developing a neurotechnology with similar capabilities. Its N1 chip was implanted in a human for the first time in early 2024 and Musk said the person was successfully able to control a cursor with his thoughts.

Apple has recently made other accessibility advancements, including Personal Voice for people who are losing their ability to speak, which will be upgraded with the upcoming release of iOS 19. And Mashable's Chase DiBenedetto reported that Apple will be "revamping its motion-related accessibility tools this year too, including faster eye and head tracking for typing and motion sickness reduction for Mac."