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Neuralink: Putting the Cloud in Your Head

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The History of the Science

In 17 80, luigi galvani discovered that static electricity could cause a dead frog to twitch. When he found out about this, you know, he ran with it. And people kept returning to the idea. In the 18 seventies, there were these scientists who figured out that through electrical stimulation of a dog's brain, a canine, you could induce physical movement in that canine body. What do trogs think about in the after life? Ya, ye.

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