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Exploring how we think: Mind, Body, Spirit - Part 1 | TED Radio Hour

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Implantable Brain Computer Interface: A Way to Bypass the Inability of the Body to Transmit Out Your Intention

Tom Oxley is the founding CEO of Synchron, a brain computer interface company. The technology decodes what part of the body the brain is trying to activate and then sends out a signal that makes a cursor move or a computer mouse click. In 2020, Tom's company started testing their device in people, including a man named Philip O'Keefe.

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