Tim Evans
Coverage of Tim Evans in the Nexus archive.
- Study tests whether ALS patient’s brain signals can control smart-home devices
A man with ALS is participating in a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins Medicine testing a brain-computer interface (BCI) to control smart-home devices using brain signals. The BCI achieved 90% accuracy in executing commands like adjusting lights and television without movement or speech, maintaining performance for three months.
- Study tests whether ALS patient’s brain signals can control smart-home devices
A man with ALS is participating in a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins Medicine testing a brain-computer interface (BCI) to control smart-home devices using brain signals. The implanted BCI achieved a 90% accuracy rate over three months, allowing the patient to operate lights and a television without movement or speech.
- Study tests whether ALS patient’s brain signals can control smart-home devices
A man with ALS, Tim Evans, is participating in a Johns Hopkins Medicine clinical trial using a brain-computer interface (BCI) to control smart-home devices through brain signals. The BCI achieved 90% accuracy over three months without retraining, offering potential quality-of-life improvements for ALS patients.
- A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.
Federal agents responded to a snowball thrown by a protester in Minneapolis with tear gas and pepper balls, injuring journalists and bystanders. The incident occurred amid tensions following the fatal shooting of activist Renee Good by an ICE agent and is documented in a FRONTLINE and ProPublica documentary examining excessive force during Trump-era immigration crackdowns.