Neural NoiseHow this site works, how to reach us, and how to get involved.
Start here
New to Neural Noise? Here’s the fastest path through:
- Read the latest Weekly Brief to see what we produce.
- Browse Topics if you want depth on a specific area.
- Search the Articles Database when you need a particular paper or company.
- Skim the Timeline to orient historically (1970–present).
Notes are heavily linked — wandering across topics and feeds is strongly encouraged. This is a digital garden, not a linear blog.
Browsing by tags
Content is tagged (e.g. bci, clinical, eeg). You can use tags in several ways:
- Graph — Open the local or global graph. Tag nodes appear (styled with a distinct border) and link to the notes that use them. Click a tag node to go to that tag’s page, which lists all notes with that tag.
- Search — Ctrl/Cmd+K for normal search. Shift+Ctrl/Cmd+K opens tag search (with a
#prefix); type e.g.#bcito find notes by tag. - Tag pages — tags lists all tags; each tag has a page (e.g. bci) that lists every note with that tag. You can reach these from the graph, search, or by clicking any tag link on a note.
- On each note — Tags are shown as links at the bottom (or in lists); clicking one goes to that tag’s page.
What is a BCI?
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) create a direct link between the brain’s electrical activity and an external device. They are directed at understanding, improving, or repairing brain function, and their implementations vary by how physically close electrodes are to brain tissue.
Scope of this site
- Included: invasive and non-invasive BCIs, neurostimulation, adaptive neuroprosthetics, clinical and consumer neurotechnology.
- Not included: general neuroscience without a device/interface component.
- Editorial stance: curated, not comprehensive. This site is not medical advice.
How content is produced
- An agent scans primary sources (papers, preprints, filings, news) daily using feedparser, newspaper3k, and arxiv.
- Perplexity (deep research) performs grounded synthesis.
- A human editor reviews, corrects, and publishes via Obsidian.md.
- feeds are generated at three cadences:
There is a single RSS feed at index.xml. Sitemap is at sitemap.xml.
How to follow
Subscribe via RSS-by-Email
Subscribe here — free, no account needed. Expect a confirmation email, then weekly updates.
Or use any RSS reader with the raw feed: index.xml
Subscribe on Substack (newsletter)
neural-noise.xyz — free, one evidence-first BCI/neurotech essay per month. This is separate from the RSS feed above.
If the mailto link doesn’t open your mail client, send an email manually to add@rssby.email with https://www.neural-noise.xyz/index.xml in the body.
How to contact
Send an email
The form below sends an email to contact at this website. We will only respond from a real proton.me email address.
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Or email us directly — contact at neural-noise.com.
How to contribute
Submit an article or correction — Found a paper we missed, or spotted an error? Send us an email with a link and brief context.
Write a guest brief — Have a perspective on a recent BCI development? Pitch a ~500-word brief via email. We’ll edit collaboratively and credit you.
Contribute code
The neural-noise repository is currently private. Request access via email or GitHub.
We welcome: article corrections, timeline additions, company/people profiles, and topic contributions.
Colophon
| Layer | Tools |
|---|---|
| Research pipeline | feedparser, newspaper3k, arxiv, Perplexity (deep research) |
| Code & formatting | Cursor, Python, ruff |
| Editing | Obsidian.md |
| Publishing | Quartz v4.5.2, Vercel, GitHub Actions |
| Typography | IBM Plex Sans (headers), Merriweather (body), IBM Plex Mono (code) |
Created February 2026.
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