Startup Cognixion announced today that it is launching a clinical trial of its wearable brain-computer interface technology integrated with the Apple Vision Pro to help paralyzed people with speech disorders communicate with their thoughts. While Neuralink and others are working on implants that are surgically placed in the head, Cognixion’s technology is noninvasive. The Santa Barbara, California, company is testing both a software component (an augmented reality BCI app) and a hardware add-on (a custom headband that can read brain signals) with the Vision Pro. Cognixion’s goal is to get BCI technology to as many people as possible, and it sees the Vision Pro as a way to do that. Paired together, the technology enabled participants to “speak” through the headset at a rate approaching normal conversation speed.