Instant Genius: Brain Tech

Instant Genius: Brain Tech

Everything you need to know about upgrading your brain, from how your brain could merge with technology to whether we can talk to coma patients.

Published: July 23, 2020 at 11:00 pm

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Everything you need to know about Neuralink

10/9/2019
What are the ethics behind monitoring someone’s every thought, deed and emotion?
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Royal Society: UK could be 'global leader' in neural interfaces

9/10/2019
Brain hacking technologies have the potential to help those who suffer from a stroke, epilepsy, paralysis or depression.
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Exoskeleton controlled by brain signals allows disabled man to walk

10/4/2019
The 28-year-old said taking his first steps in the suit felt like being the ‘first man on the Moon’.
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'Third thumb' human augmentation rewires the brain

9/22/2020
Scientists discover what happens to our neural circuitry when we learn to use robotic upgrades.
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Biohacking: the key to optimal performance?

5/10/2019
Are Silicon Valley CEOs who "hack" their lifestyle cracking the code of productivity, or are they simply risking their health? Dr Saleyha Ahsan, presenter of Trust Me, I'm a Doctor and Panorama, explains.
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Transhumanism: using technology to live forever – Mark O’Connell

4/11/2018
We talk to Mark O’Connell about transhumanism, the evolution of the human species and his Wellcome Book Prize-shortlisted book To Be A Machine.
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