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Mind, Body, Spirit - Part 1

TED Radio Hour

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Brain-Computer Interfaces

The first report of a human implant was in 2006 by Lee Hochberg and colleagues. The Breakthrough Early Research Device is a series of needles that sit on a base. Those needles get pushed into the brain tissue and they are able to record information out of the brain. There's an issue with putting a needle into the brain and that is that it can cause a inflammation reaction.

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