China builds the world’s smallest wearable brain monitor with a cortex-wide view

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Peng, D. (2026, October 21). China builds the world’s smallest wearable brain monitor with a cortex-wide view. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3371534/china-builds-worlds-smallest-wearable-brain-monitor-cortex-wide-view

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South China Morning Post · collected 2026-10-21 · by Dannie Peng

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Chinese scientists have developed the Airscope, described as the world's smallest wearable brain monitor, which weighs just one gram and can track activity in thousands of neurons simultaneously in lab animals. Developed by researchers from Tsinghua University and the Chinese PLA Medical School, this wireless device allows for more precise neural detection compared to previous technology, according to a paper published in Nature.
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Chinese scientists have developed what they claim is the world's smallest wearable mini-brain monitor, named Airscope, weighing only one gram (0.35 oz). The device was jointly created by researchers from Tsinghua University and the Chinese PLA Medical School and was detailed in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Monday. This wireless monitor can track the activity of thousands of individual neurons simultaneously, offering unprecedented insights into brain function in untethered laboratory animals. According to Dai Qionghai, the corresponding author from Tsinghua’s automation department, this innovation will advance optical brain-computer interfaces for more precise neural detection.

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The device was jointly developed by scientists from Tsinghua University and the Chinese PLA Medical School, and detailed in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Monday. “This microscope will push optical brain-computer interfaces towards more precise neural detection,” said Dai Qionghai, the paper’s corresponding author from Tsinghua’s automation department.
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🔮 The device was jointly developed by scientists from Tsinghua University and the Chinese PLA Medical School, and detailed in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Monday. “This microscope will push optical brain-computer interfaces towards more precise neural detection,” said Dai Qionghai, the paper’s corresponding author from Tsinghua’s automation department.
2026-10-21 · South China Morning Post
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China builds the world’s smallest wearable brain monitor with a cortex-wide view The Airscope offers a window on the simultaneous activity of thousands of individual neurons in untethered lab animals asserted
Airscope → build → animals
Chinese scientists have developed what they say is the world’s smallest wearable mini brain monitor that can track the activity of thousands of neurons at the same time. asserted
that → develop → time
Weighing in at one gram (0.35 oz), the wireless “Airscope” is the lightest device of its kind and enables researchers to track a wider range of brain activity in untethered laboratory animals. asserted
Airscope → weigh → animals
The device was jointly developed by scientists from Tsinghua University and the Chinese PLA Medical School, and detailed in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Monday. “This microscope will push optical brain-computer interfaces towards more precise neural detection,” said Dai Qionghai, the paper’s corresponding author from Tsinghua’s automation department. asserted
Qionghai → develop → department
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