Why tech billionaires like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos are all investing in biotech startups that want to link your computer directly to your brain
"Every single day, there's some fabulous, new, really powerful insight," Christopher Moore, a neuroscientist and associate director of Brown University'sWhile today's research is focused chiefly on using these brain implants in the heads of patients with serious medical conditions like total paralysis, or imagining ways to treat diseases like Parkinson's, the possibilities for linking brains with computers extend far beyond healthcare.
"Elon, Gates, and Bezos are always intrigued by things that could change the game," Robert Nelsen, a biotech investor at Arch Venture Partners who's invested in Neuralink and Synchron, said in an interview.Philip O'Keefe uses his Synchron Stentrode to operate a computer with his mind.A brain-computer interface cuts out the intermediary between your computer and your mind.
By recognizing predictable brain signals, BCIs essentially read your thoughts to achieve concrete actions, like clicking a mouse. That's how Philip O'Keefe, an Australian who was implanted with Synchron's device in 2020, uses his BCI to play games online, exchange WhatsApp messages, and turn the lights on and off at home.
O'Keefe has ALS, a degenerative condition that makes it hard for him to use his fingers and hands, but he now has no problem using his mind to get around online. using his BCI."At this stage, I am a bit slower than you would be, but there is the ability to do almost anything — if I want to." Learning how to use the tech takes months of training, during which both the BCI and the person using it learn to reliably perform and interpret key thoughts: Click here; move there. BCIs are also being developed to
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