New advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology may make speech for those who've lost the ability to do easier than ever before. In a new, groundbreaking study published in the journal Cell, researchers from Stanford University boasted that they have found a way to decode the "inner speech" of those who can no longer vocalize, making it far less difficult to talk with friends and family than previous BCIs that required them to exert ample effort when trying to speak. Erin Kunz, a Stanford neuroscientist who co-authored the new paper, told the New York Times that the idea of translating inner […]