A brain-meshine interface is where we record from the brain and apply algorithms to interpret that brain activity. We use it to control some kind of external device, for example, like a press that a can or we also stimulate if you have like a paralyzed muscle. You can take brain signals and turn them into stimulation commands for a paralyzed hand.
Are we nearing the singularity? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about brain machine interfaces and prosthetics you can control with your mind, with biomedical engineer Dr. Cindy Chestek and neurosurgeon Dr. Parag Patil
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