Nuro announced the unveiling of Gridly, a wireless system designed to deliver neurological control of Microsoft and Apple software.
The Waterloo, Ontario-based non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) maker said it marks the first system that enables wireless control of the software by thought alone, without requiring brain surgery, implants or external eye tracking, according to a news release.
Nuro built Gridly on an ultra-lightweight, multimodal neural architecture. It allows users to seamlessly interact with digital environments using only neurologica. signals, the company says.
According to the company, Gridly could enable assistive communication through everyday software tools. Augmentative technology can also expand computing control beyond touch, voice or eye-tracking limitations. Nuro also says Gridly could assist in enterprise and research, enabling hands-free interaction in complex, high-performance and dangerous environments.
The company said it built Gridly using the same principles powering Nuos 3, its flagship platform. It said Gridly is now available for commercial deployment across healthcare and a variety of non-healthcare use cases.
“This is not a vision of the future — it’s here and we are redefining how human beings can now interact with major operating systems and their applications,” said Francois Gand, founder and CEO of Nuro. “For the first time, a person can wirelessly and non-invasively control both Apple and Microsoft applications using only thoughts. No surgery, no implants, no risk, no speculative timelines.”
