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Brain-computer interfaces and the future of neural engineering with Dr. Benjamin Rapoport | E1682

This Week in Startups

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The Electrical Nature of the Nervous System

The electrical chatter of single neurons and groups of neurons is a language. The problem of learning how to interpret what the electrical signals are in the brain, what they mean is a little bit different from individual to individual. That's kind of where the artificial intelligence angle comes from. And that was part of the technological change that occurred in the field of brain and computer interfaces as we moved from the 90s into the 2000s.

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