The Future Is Here: There’s Now A Brain Implant That Will Turn Your Thoughts Into Texts
Does the prospect of mind control allure you? Picture yourself able to manipulate the will of the players and the scene around you without moving. Now picture yourself using your smartphone and apply the same principle. Many of us feel like we’re drowning in notifications and unable to respond to every virtual request in the modern era, so wouldn’t it be a major relief if you could just think your text messages into existence?
Modern science is pioneering the movement to make that prospect a reality. Between Synchon’s Stentrode device, Paradromics’ Connexus™, and Elon Musk’s Neuralink, brain-computer interface technologies (also known as BCIs) are revolutionizing neural science in an effort to fundamentally change how we communicate in the future. Many of these technologies emerged as a way to improve quality-of-life for people suffering from neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease that affect mobility, memory, and cognition.