What Can You Do With a Brain Implant? Neuralink, BrainGate, and the Future

Brain implants are coming. How do they work? What can they do? Why does Elon Musk think we need them to save the world? Will we become cyborgs?

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NeuraLink videos:
2019 Neuralink launch:    • Neuralink Launch Event  
2020 Neuralink update & pig demo:    • Watch Elon Musk's ENTIRE live Neurali...  

BrainGate videos:
Robotic arm:    • Woman with Quadriplegia Feeds Herself...  
Playing pong:    • Mind Control: Introducing BrainGate  
Typing: https://vimeo.com/302480932
Nuyujukian et al., 2018: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
More patient videos: https://www.braingate.org/publication...

Monkey eats using brain-controlled robot arm at the University of Pittsburgh:
   • Monkey's brain controls robotic arm  
Velliste et al., 2008: https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...

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Ihm Curious makes videos about scientific topics at the bleeding edge of human sanity. Elliott is almost a doctor (not the kind that can help you). He researches and teaches psychology and neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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