You can control this new software with your brain, and it should make Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg nervous
Nuro / Francois Gand
- Tesla's Elon Musk and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg each aim to create the world's first brain-computer interface — devices that put the functionality of a laptop in your head.
- But those devices would require invasive brain surgery and are unlikely to become available in the immediate future.
- In the meantime, a startup called Nuro could beat them to the punch with a simpler piece of software.
Two minds may be better than one, but one mind connected to millions of others would be infinitely superior.
That's the thinking behind several companies that are currently racing to link mind and machine by way of devices called brain-computer interfaces. The first to put the functionality of a laptop in your head would pave the way for people to communicate seamlessly, instantly, and with whomever — or whatever — they want.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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