The Times Tech Podcast

Blackrock Neurotech's Marcus Gerhardt: "An inflection point for brain-computer interfaces"

Oct 28, 2022

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Brain-Computer Interface - What's the Difference?

01:30

What's the Killer App?

02:41

Will a Consumer Product Be Possible When It's Invasive?

02:53

Introduction

5min

The Story of BlackRock Neurotech

3min

How Can I Help a Blind Individual?

2min

What Was Your Dot Com Thing?

2min

The Dachom Boom Was Followed by the Bust

2min

Alibaba Turned Into a Multi-Billion Dollar Company

2min

Did You Go Through That Roller Coaster?

2min

Brain-Computer Interface - What's the Difference?

1min

A Brief History of the University of Utah and Microelectronics

2min

10.

The Utah Ratio

3min

11.

VC Funding Is a Disaster Zone

5min

12.

Wine Times Podcast - Wherever You Get Your Podcast

1min

13.

The Future of Artificial Intelligence

2min

14.

Can the APL Arm Really Last for More Than Five Years?

3min

15.

Can a Prosthetic Arm Really Move Your Fingers?

2min

16.

Neuralink and NeuraLink - What's Next?

2min

17.

Is It Still Wired or Wireless?

3min

18.

MedTech Venture Capital

3min

19.

What's the Killer App?

3min

20.

Will a Consumer Product Be Possible When It's Invasive?

3min

21.

Is There a Specific Application or Is It Just a Patient by Patient Thing?

3min

22.

Are We at an Inflection Point?

4min

23.

How to Use Virtual Reality to Give a Cochlear Implant Patient a Sense of What It Means to Be a Tetraplegic

3min

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Marcus Gerhardt, chief executive of Blackrock Neurotech, to talk about his boarding school days in Wales (4:00), his dotcom adventures (10:00), pivoting to brain-computer interfaces (16:00), the “Utah array” (18:40), how in 2006 the first person sent an email with his thoughts (20:30), starting the company (23:00), the state of the technology today (26:40), targeting tetraplegics (33:00), getting investment (38:15), going to market (41:30), and reaching an inflection point (47:40).

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The Times Tech Podcast

Blackrock Neurotech's Marcus Gerhardt: "An inflection point for brain-computer interfaces"

Brain-Computer Interface - What's the Difference?

What's the Killer App?

Will a Consumer Product Be Possible When It's Invasive?

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