Our neurodata can reveal our most private selves. As brain implants become common, how will it be protected?
- Written by: Christina Maher, Researcher, University of Sydney
Shutterstock“Hello world!”
On December 2021, these were the first words tweeted by a paralysed man using only his thoughts and a brain-computer interface (BCI) implanted by the company Synchron.
For millions living with paralysis, epilepsy and neuromuscular conditions, BCIs offer restored movement and, more recently, thought-to-text...