Brain-Machine Interface
From SI410
Brain-Machine Interface is a type of technology that establishes communication between the biological brain with an external device, allowing the user to interface with said devices using only neurological input. While this technology has made tremendous breakthroughs from cochlear implants to neuro-prosthetics, it also raises an array of ethical issues as these devices will gather data that is on a whole new level of intimacy of the user.
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History
1924
A German neuroscientist, Hans Berger, discovers that the human brain gives off electrical signals. He successfully measured this electrical activity and observed different patterns in the electrical waves depending on what tasks the brain was carrying out