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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.
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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?
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