“Oran Knowlson, a British teenager with a severe type of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, became the first person in the world to trial a new brain implant last October, with phenomenal results – his daytime seizures were reduced by 80%…

The technology is part of a growing number of neural implants being developed to treat a wide range of conditions, including brain cancer, chronic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson’s, incontinence and tinnitus. These devices are more sophisticated than previous implants in that they do not just decode the brain’s electrical activity, but regulate it.”

From The Guardian.