A brain computer into face is a way of getting electronics to talk directly to those brain cells, recording the electrical signals in the brain. And it effectively allows our brains to communicate with technology without the need for our sensory systems or our motor systems. i would imagine that implanting a device into the brain with all its different regions and its unending complexity, must be a really difficult thing to do. Yes. So there's different ways to interface with the brain. Some people use electrodes on the surface of the skull to try and pick up the electrical signals from the brain. But the closer you can get to the brain cells themselves, the better you can listen to the electrical signals they're sending
A few weeks ago, Elon Musk’s company Neuralink posted a job advert recruiting for a ‘clinical trial director’ to run tests of their brain-computer interface technology in humans. Neuralink’s initial aim is to implant chips in the brain that would allow people with severe spinal cord injuries to walk again. But, Musk himself has said that he believes this technology could one day be used to digitally store and replay memories. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Prof Andrew Jackson about how brain-computer interfaces actually work, where the technology is at the moment, and if in the future we could all end up communicating telepathically. Help support our independent journalism at
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