You may soon be able to link your brain directly to your computer
began in the early 2000s. That's when I started reporting on them, and like any good nerd I was compelled by what scientists could learn with these"brain computer interfaces." BCIs seemed to promise a bionic, Matrix-like future of mind-controlled giant robots and back-of-the-skull plugs for surfing cyberspace. But despite decades of research and development, no implant has moved past the lab. I figured brain chips were equal parts science and science fiction.
A direct interface between our brains and our computers has the potential to dramatically reshape the digital landscape. If it works, it will signal a change as profound as the arrival of PCs and smartphones. The companies that make these things are now competing, quite seriously, to be the Apple or Microsoft of neurotechnology, the one that turns an early market foothold into global dominance. The race for implantable brain chips has been a long, deliberate marathon.
"I don't see a cyberpunk reality," says Tom Oxley, the CEO of Synchron, which is already testing its BCI in humans."I see a medical industry which is more akin to, like, LASIK surgery. It'll be elective. It'll be safe. It'll be invisible. And it's going to help you engage with the digital world better."
Until the early 2000s, implantable chips were mostly a research tool, a way to understand how those networks of neurons interacted and which parts of the brain did what. But then came America's wars in the Middle East. Better trauma medicine was allowing soldiers to survive serious injuries, but more and more of them were coming home missing arms and legs. Looking for a technological solution, the US government stepped in.
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