Apple acquires brain imaging firm for health and accessibility features

Apple has bought Sonera, a California company that makes non-invasive sensors that can measure neural signals from the brain, with health benefits ranging from muscle monitoring to active thought control of devices. Nishita Deka (left) and Dominic Labanowski, co-founders of Sonera - image credit: Sonera. It's already been proven possible to control an Apple Vision Pro by thought, but it involved…

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