Thanks to a team at the University of California, Davis, theres a new brain-computer interface (BCI) system thats opening up real-time, natural conversation for people who cant speak. VOICE BREAKTHROUGH: When someone loses the ability to speak because of a neurological condition like ALS, the impact goes far beyond words. Now, thanks to a team at the University of California, Davis, there's a new brain-computer interface (BCI) system that's opening up real-time, natural conversation for people who can't speak. Instead, it translates the brain signals that would normally control the muscles used for speech, allowing users to "talk" and even "sing" through a computer, almost instantly. JOBS ON THE LINE: If you've ordered food on Uber Eats recently, you may have seen a delivery robot instead of a human driver.