Studies identify key ethical concerns raised by invasive and non-invasive neurotechnologies

Stud­ies out­line key eth­i­cal ques­tions sur­round­ing brain-com­put­er inter­face tech (NCSU release): Brain-com­put­er inter­face (BCI) tech­nolo­gies are no longer hypo­thet­i­cal, yet there are fun­da­men­tal aspects of the tech­nol­o­gy that remain unad­dressed by both ethi­cists and pol­i­­cy-mak­ers. Two new papers address these issues by out­lin­ing the out­stand­ing eth­i­cal issues, offer­ing guid­ance for address­ing those issues, and offering…

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Debate: Will brain-computer interfaces replace smartphones and other “mediating” devices?

The Fifth Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion: where mind meets machine (The Nation­al): The Fifth Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion will make that con­nec­tion clos­er and seam­less, and will feel unmedi­at­ed. The smart device onto which we tap and into which we speak will dis­ap­pear. Brain-com­put­er inter­faces will replace them…Can we con­nect our brains – and our minds – to machines?…

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Update: Humankind’s evolving quest to enhance the brain and the mind

___ Time for the first Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter in the new decade, fea­tur­ing a range of inspir­ing and (most­ly) promis­ing news about humankind’s evolv­ing quest to enhance the brain and the mind, and a few fun brain teasers :-) New think­ing: The Neu­ro­Gen­er­a­tion and Humankind’s Quest to Enhance the Brain UCSF to open inno­v­a­tive neu­rol­o­gy clin­ic to address…

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The birth of “everyday” brain-computer interfaces

___ Neurable Rais­es $6 Mil­lion Series A To Build An ‘Every­day’ Brain-Com­put­er Inter­face (Forbes): “Neurable has announced a $6 mil­lion Series A round of fund­ing to move beyond VR appli­ca­tions and devel­op the every­day brain-com­put­er inter­face. These will take a head­phones form fac­tor and will tar­get con­sumers. This marks an excit­ing advance­ment for brain-com­put­er interfaces…

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Trend: Growing investment behind non-invasive, AI-based brain-computer interfaces

___ Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Start­up Next­Mind Secures $4.6 Mil­lion (press release): “Next­Mind, a fast-grow­ing neu­rotech­nol­o­gy start­up devel­op­ing a ground­break­ing, non­in­va­sive, AI-based brain-com­put­er inter­face geared to the mass mar­ket, announced today it has raised $4.6 mil­lion in fund­ing to bring its direct brain com­mand solu­tion to tech­nol­o­gy inte­gra­tors and game devel­op­ers in 2019

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Will we soon have an “annu­al brain check-up”? Under what con­di­tions may spe­cif­ic brain training/ enhance­ment meth­ods work? Is implant­i­ng elec­trodes in one’s brain–as Elon Musk’s new ven­ture just announced–the most promis­ing way to cre­ate a brain-com­put­er inter­face? How can we har­ness neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty to rein­vent edu­ca­tion and men­tal health? Thou­sands of pro­fes­sion­als know that Sharp­Brains’ annual…

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