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Revolutionary Flexible Microelectrodes Enhance Brain-Computer Interface Tech

2/14/2026

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Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers developed flexible microelectrodes that adapt to brain movement to improve brain-computer interfaces, according to Nature Electronics.
The electrodes were designed using kirigami principles to address electrode displacement observed in other projects, including Neuralink.
The soft microelectrode arrays were tested in macaque monkeys, yielding recordings of hundreds of neurons.

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Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers developed flexible microelectrodes that adapt to brain movement to improve brain-computer interfaces, according to Nature Electronics.
The electrodes were designed using kirigami principles to address electrode displacement observed in other projects, including Neuralink.
The soft microelectrode arrays were tested in macaque monkeys, yielding recordings of hundreds of neurons.