# BrainGate **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Type:** Clinical brain-computer interface program **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Primary source:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] ## Definition BrainGate is a clinical brain-computer interface program identified in the source article's implanted cortical recording and assistive control research layer. ## Relationships [[wiki/BrainGate|BrainGate]] is related to [[wiki/Brain-Computer Interfaces|Brain-Computer Interfaces]] as implanted cortical recording and assistive control research. <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]], [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], and [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Additional Documented Relationships - [[wiki/Utah Array|Utah Array]] is associated with **BrainGate**. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Source route [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Related Work in the Corpus <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> - In [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]], **VI.4 — Speech Decoding from Implanted Electrocorticography** provides the narrative context for **BrainGate**: A parallel and substantially more developed line of work decodes attempted speech directly from invasive electrode arrays placed on the cortical surface — electrocorticography (ECoG) — in patients with severe motor impairments… - In [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]], **VII.8 — BlackRock Neurotech, Paradromics, and the Continuing Ecosystem** provides the narrative context for **BrainGate**: Paradromics, founded by Matt Angle, develops the Connexus Direct Data Interface — a high-bandwidth intracortical interface using arrays of microwire electrodes designed to scale to tens of thousands of recording channels. <!-- END HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> ## Research Edges <!-- BEGIN NEUROTECH RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### Master relationship graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 272 — [[wiki/Utah Array|Utah Array]] `used_in` → this entry** — **CORPUS**; evidence `CORPUS_ATLAS`, `CORPUS_BCI`. Core implanted research substrate. <!-- END NEUROTECH RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 -->