Innovation

It’s Scientists Against Techies in the Brain Implant World

MIND GAMES

A visit to the largest neuroscience conference in the world shows that not everyone has the same sci-fi expectations for brain-computer interface technologies.

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During his military training in 1892, German psychiatrist Hans Berger was almost trampled to death by a horse-drawn cannon. At the exact same time, his sister had a sudden feeling he was in danger and decided to telegram her brother.

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