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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;15, 2005</B>
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  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- ________</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 20%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CYBERKINETICS NEUROTECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-4287300</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
  incorporation or organization)</B>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>100 Foxborough Blvd., Suite&nbsp;240<BR>
  Foxborough, MA 02035<BR>
  (Address of principal executive offices)</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(508)&nbsp;549-9981<BR>
  (Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Third Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)</B>
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  <DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 20%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Timothy R. Surgenor<BR>
  President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  100 Foxborough Blvd., Suite&nbsp;240<BR>
  Foxborough, MA 02035<BR>
  (508)&nbsp;549-9981<BR>
  (Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
  <B>Michael A. Hickey, Esq.<BR>
  John C. Cushing, Esq.<BR>
  Kirkpatrick &#038; Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP<BR>
  75 State Street<BR>
  Boston. MA 02109<BR>
  Telephone: (617)&nbsp;261-3100<BR>
  Facsimile: (617)&nbsp;261-3175</B>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></sup></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Aggregate Offering Price</B></TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
  $0.001 par value
  per share</DIV></TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">966,667 Shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1.40</TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,353,334</TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">159.29</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Represents an additional 966,667 shares of Common Stock available for issuance
  under the Registrant&#146;s Third Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan. This
  Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock which
  may be issuable by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant
  to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, solely
  for the purpose of calculating the amount of registration fee. Computation based upon
  966,667 shares underlying awards to be made under the Third Amended and Restated 2002
  Equity Incentive Plan at an assumed per share exercise price of $1.40, representing the
  average of the high ($1.45) and low ($1.35) prices per share of the Common Stock as
  reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on August&nbsp;9, 2005.</TD>
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  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers an additional 966,667 shares of the Registrant&#146;s
  Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (the
  &#147;Plan&#148;). In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-124928), relating to the Plan, including periodic
  reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated therein, are
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. The periodic reports we have most
  recently filed include:
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      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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      <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004, as filed
  on March&nbsp;31, 2005 (including information specifically incorporated by reference into our
  10-KSB from our Proxy Statement for our 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders);</TD>
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      <TD>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2005, as filed on May
  13, 2005;</TD>
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      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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      <TD>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended June&nbsp;30, 2005, as filed on
  August&nbsp;12, 2005; and</TD>
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      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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      <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than information furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02
  or Item&nbsp;9.01 thereof) as filed on January&nbsp;12, 2005, February&nbsp;1, 2005, March&nbsp;28, 2005, April
  4, 2005, April&nbsp;6, 2005, April&nbsp;12, 2005 and June&nbsp;28, 2005.</TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We incorporate by reference the documents listed above and any documents subsequently filed with
  the SEC pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
  a post-effective amendment to this registration statement, except for information furnished under
  Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;9.01 of Form 8-K, which is not deemed filed and not incorporated by reference
  herein, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
  statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
  shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
  extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed
  to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
  part of this Registration Statement.
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
  to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;28, 2005 and
  incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Kirkpatrick &#038; Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (contained in Exhibit
  5.1)</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
  duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Foxborough, Massachusetts, on this 15th day of August, 2005.
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      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>CYBERKINETICS NEUROTECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.</B></TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
  </TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Timothy R. Surgenor</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Timothy R. Surgenor, President and <br>
  Chief Executive Officer <br>
  (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
  </TR>
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  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc., do
  hereby constitute and appoint Timothy R. Surgenor or Kimi E. Iguchi, and each of them, as his or
  her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution for him or her in
  any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
  this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
  in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
  every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
  intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
  that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
  signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center">Names</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">Title</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">Date</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Timothy R. Surgenor
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Timothy R. Surgenor</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  President, Chief Executive Officer
  and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">August 15, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John P. Donoghue, Ph.D.
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  John P. Donoghue, Ph.D.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Chief Scientific Officer and Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">August 15, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kimi E. Iguchi
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Kimi E. Iguchi</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Vice President, Finance
  (Principal Financial and Accounting
  Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">August 15, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Mark P. Carthy
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Mark P. Carthy</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">August 15, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ George N. Hatsopoulos, Ph.D.
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  George N. Hatsopoulos, Ph.D.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">August 15, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">August 15, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-2
  </DIV>
  
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  <H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>
  
  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Philip W. Morgan</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">August 15, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Theo Melas-Kyriazi
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Theo Melas-Kyriazi</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">August 15, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Daniel E. Geffken
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Daniel E. Geffken</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">August 15, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-3
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
  to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;28, 2005 and
  incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Kirkpatrick &#038; Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Kirkpatrick &#038; Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (contained in Exhibit
  5.1)</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
  </DIV></TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2005
  Registration No. 333- ________
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933
  CYBERKINETICS NEUROTECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  13-4287300
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  100 Foxborough Blvd., Suite 240
  Foxborough, MA 02035
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (508) 549-9981
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  Third Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Timothy R. Surgenor
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  100 Foxborough Blvd., Suite 240
  Foxborough, MA 02035
  (508) 549-9981
  (Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Copies to:
  Michael A. Hickey, Esq.
  John C. Cushing, Esq.
  Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
  75 State Street
  Boston. MA 02109
  Telephone: (617) 261-3100
  Facsimile: (617) 261-3175
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Securities
  Amount to be
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Amount of
  to be Registered
  Registered
  (1)
  Offering Price per Share
  Aggregate Offering Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock,
  $0.001 par value
  per share
  966,667 Shares
  $
  1.40
  (2)
  $
  1,353,334
  (2)
  $
  159.29
  (1)
  Represents an additional 966,667 shares of Common Stock available for issuance
  under the Registrant's Third Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan. This
  Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock which
  may be issuable by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant
  to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
  (2)
  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, solely
  for the purpose of calculating the amount of registration fee. Computation based upon
  966,667 shares underlying awards to be made under the Third Amended and Restated 2002
  Equity Incentive Plan at an assumed per share exercise price of $1.40, representing the
  average of the high ($1.45) and low ($1.35) prices per share of the Common Stock as
  reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on August 9, 2005.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART II            INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  SIGNATURES
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
  EX-23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  Table of Contents
  REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers an additional 966,667 shares of the Registrant's
  Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the Registrant's 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (the
  "Plan"). In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-124928), relating to the Plan, including periodic
  reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated therein, are
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. The periodic reports we have most
  recently filed include:
  •
  Our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, as filed
  on March 31, 2005 (including information specifically incorporated by reference into our
  10-KSB from our Proxy Statement for our 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders);
  •
  Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended March 31, 2005, as filed on May
  13, 2005;
  •
  Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended June 30, 2005, as filed on
  August 12, 2005; and
  •
  Our Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02
  or Item 9.01 thereof) as filed on January 12, 2005, February 1, 2005, March 28, 2005, April
  4, 2005, April 6, 2005, April 12, 2005 and June 28, 2005.
  We incorporate by reference the documents listed above and any documents subsequently filed with
  the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
  a post-effective amendment to this registration statement, except for information furnished under
  Item 2.02 or Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, which is not deemed filed and not incorporated by reference
  herein, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
  statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
  shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
  extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed
  to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
  part of this Registration Statement.
  Table of Contents
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  4.1
  Third Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.1
  to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 28, 2005 and
  incorporated herein by reference.
  5.1
  Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (contained in Exhibit
  5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)
  II-1
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
  duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Foxborough, Massachusetts, on this 15th day of August, 2005.
  CYBERKINETICS NEUROTECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Timothy R. Surgenor
  Timothy R. Surgenor, President and
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc., do
  hereby constitute and appoint Timothy R. Surgenor or Kimi E. Iguchi, and each of them, as his or
  her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution for him or her in
  any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
  this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
  in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
  every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
  intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
  that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
  signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Names
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Timothy R. Surgenor
  Timothy R. Surgenor
  President, Chief Executive Officer
  and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  August 15, 2005
  /s/ John P. Donoghue, Ph.D.
  John P. Donoghue, Ph.D.
  Chief Scientific Officer and Director
  August 15, 2005
  /s/ Kimi E. Iguchi
  Kimi E. Iguchi
  Vice President, Finance
  (Principal Financial and Accounting
  Officer)
  August 15, 2005
  /s/ Mark P. Carthy
  Mark P. Carthy
  Director
  August 15, 2005
  /s/ George N. Hatsopoulos, Ph.D.
  George N. Hatsopoulos, Ph.D.
  Director
  August 15, 2005
  /s/ Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos
  Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos
  Director
  August 15, 2005
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  Philip W. Morgan
  Director
  August 15, 2005
  /s/ Theo Melas-Kyriazi
  Theo Melas-Kyriazi
  Director
  August 15, 2005
  /s/ Daniel E. Geffken
  Daniel E. Geffken
  Director
  August 15, 2005
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Number
  4.1
  Third Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.1
  to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 28, 2005 and
  incorporated herein by reference.
  5.1
  Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (contained in Exhibit
  5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)