Roundtables: Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Promise to Product
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Recorded on April 23, 2025
Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Promise to Product
Speakers: David Rotman, editor at large, and Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine.
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have been crowned the 11th Breakthrough Technology of 2025 by MIT Technology Review's readers. BCIs are electrodes implanted into the brain to send neural commands to computers, primarily to assist paralyzed people. Hear from MIT Technology Review editor at large David Rotman and senior editor for biomedicine Antonio Regalado as they explore the past, present, and future of BCIs.
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