Given these milestones and others, Peng says it is realistic to think that at least a BCI system could obtain approval in China by 2027.

Minmin Luo, director of the Chinese Institute for Research on the Brain (CIBR) in Beijing, is appropriate that the country is on track to achieve the objectives set by the new political document. “It is basic after the engineering project, with not so ambitious objectives. Almedy, there are so many people who work there ”, Heys.

Luo is the chief scientist of Neurotech Neurotech, Spinoff of Cbir, who has developed a brain chip the size of a part called Beinao-1 and, so far, has established it in five people. “We have observed excellent safety and stability in our clinical assessments”, Heys.

The recipient, paralyzed, is now able to switch to the computer cursor and navigate to smartphone applications, says Luo. The team plans to set up in sixth patient at the end of August.

“We think there is an important need not satisfied with BCI technology in China,” he said. He estimates that at least 1 to 2 million patients in the country of the country benefit from BCIS for assistance and rehabilitation purposes.

Beyond these uses, the policy document has other medical applications. He indicates that BCIs could be used to monitor and analyze brain activity in real time to prevent or reduce the risk of certain brain diseases. It also approves consumption applications, such as monitoring vigilance. The document indicates that in the portable BCI could be a timeless alerts for drowsiness, lack of attention and slow reaction times, helping to reduce the probability of traffic accidents.

“I think that non -invasive BCI products will receive an enormous market increase in China, because China is the largest country of manufacturing consumer electronics,” said Peng.

Some American companies, including Emotiv and Neurable, began to sell large public portable devices that use electroencephalography, or EEG, to capture brain waves through the scalp. But the devices are always expensive and have a year to take off more widely.

The Chinese political document, on the other hand, promotes mass production of non-implantable devices in various forms: assembly assembly, assembly, ear assembly, headphones and helmets, glasses and headphones. It also proposes to pilot BCI in certain industries for safety management, such as handling dangerous materials, nuclear energy, mining and electricity. The document suggests that BCIS Couun provides early warnings for workplace events such as low oxygen levels, poisoning and flaws.

Although the new political directives set up a rivalry in China-US in the BCI space, Peng sees the place for the collaboration of cross-country between entrepreneurs. “We can cooperate as a society to build something for patients, because they are desperate that this technology has a cutter life,” Heys. “We don’t want to be involved in geopolitical problems. We just want to build something useful for the patient.”