Morphosis is a neurotechnology company developing cutting-edge wearable neural interfaces that provide real-time authentication and control of technology. Morphosis’ devices allow seamless, secure, and personalized interaction between real and digital worlds, creating more intuitive and secure digital experiences for everyone.
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William Liberti is the founder and CEO of Morphosis, a company developing cutting-edge wearable neural interfaces. His interests lie at the intersection of systems neuroscience and technology development. He earned his Ph.D. at Boston University, where he pioneered highly miniaturized, minimally invasive techniques to monitor neural activity at single-cell resolution over extended periods. His postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley focused on brain-machine interfaces, optics, and the stability of neural coding.
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Critical Need
In our digital age, conventional tech interfaces fall short in capturing our thoughts and identities. Neural interfaces have long been seen as an attractive avenue of direct user input/output with technology. However, current approaches face significant challenges. Invasive methods risk surgical complications, while non-invasive methods struggle with noise and interference. Both lack real-world sensitivity and stability. We need innovative neural interfacing solutions that are safe and that maintain the requisite bandwidth and sensitivity to enable intuitive, high-level interactions with technology.
Technology Vision
Morphosis is creating novel neuromuscular interfacing approaches for human-technology interaction that are personalized and effortless. These highly miniaturized, wearable neural interfaces are completely non-invasive and maintain stable, high-bandwidth, long-term access to a user's actions, intent, and identity—all while offering an exceptionally high signal-to-noise ratio compared to contemporary neural recording technologies.
Potential for Impact
The widespread adoption of neural interfaces could completely reshape how we interact with technology, which would profoundly impact society. Millions worldwide suffer from movement and/or speech disabilities, and these tools could democratize access to technology to enhance autonomy and quality of life. For all of us, interfaces that can accurately convey our intentions and safeguard our identities could one day serve as a cornerstone for privacy, trust, and personal authenticity in our digital lives. Using our thoughts to directly control our digitally enabled devices and govern our digital identities could revolutionize our relationship with technology—transforming how we learn, communicate, and interact with the world around us.