Meet the Man Making Music With His Brain Implant

Galen Buckwalter, paralyzed since a teen diving accident, is using a Caltech brain-implant study to control a computer and regain some sensation.

With software built by Caltech graduate student Sean Darcy, he can generate musical tones by imagining finger and toe movements.

His case shows brain-computer interfaces can do more than restore basic function—they can also enable creative expression.

The example adds to growing evidence that BCI technology may support art and music as it advances across research labs and companies.