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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Elon Musk is developing technology that can read your mind

Elon Musk is developing implants that can read brain activity and then send it to a machine, which can translate it. His company, Neuralink, is testing this on animals. The goal to help people with paralysis or Parkinsons.

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By Madeleine Brand • Jul 18, 2019 • 1 min read

Elon Musk is developing implants that can read brain activity and then send it to a machine, which can translate it. His company, Neuralink, is testing this on animals. The goal to help people with paralysis or Parkinsons. But maybe one day, it’ll be so safe and commonplace that even healthy people would do it.

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