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Melding mind and machine: How close are we?

  • Written by James Wu, Ph.D. Student in Bioengineering, Researcher at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, University of Washington
imageA noninvasive brain-computer interface based on EEG recordings from the scalp.Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE), Photo by Mark Stone, CC BY-ND

Just as ancient Greeks fantasized about soaring flight, today’s imaginations dream of melding minds and machines as a remedy to the pesky problem of human mortality. Can the mind...

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