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| Imagine brain implants that let you control devices by thought alone—or let computers read your mind. It’s early days, but research into this technology is well under way. Film supported by @mishcondereya 00:00 - Are brain implants the future of computing? 00:58 - Headsets are changing how brains interact with the virtual world 02:24 - What is a brain computer interface? 03:24 - What’s holding this technology back? 04:00 - How wearable BCIs can read your mind 06:27 - How BCIs physically alter the brain 07:17 - Invasive brain implants 09:14 - The first human cyborg 09:51 - What’s next? Sign up to our science newsletter to keep up to date: https://econ.st/3Mn3IR3 Read our Technology Quarterly on fixing the brain: https://econ.st/3rTay7o What does a brain-computer interface feel like? https://econ.st/3z07haD Crossing the brain’s electrical frontier: https://econ.st/3Vo3Pjk How could brains and machines work together? https://econ.st/3Vsfn5p Using thought to control machines: https://econ.st/3eqI3eq How can obstacles to brain-computer interfaces be overcome? https://econ.st/3S08OUH Neuroscientific research on monkeys is ethically troubling—but vital: https://econ.st/3yE1Yxg Organoids and neuron transplants give new ways to study the brain: https://econ.st/3EA2j7X |
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