A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley

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🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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What if you could control digital devices using just the power of thought? That's the incredible promise behind the Stentrode -- an implantable brain-computer interface that collects and wirelessly transmits information directly from the brain, without the need for open surgery. Neurotech entrepreneur Tom Oxley describes the intricacies of this breakthrough technology, which is currently enrolling participants in human trials, as well as how it could help restore dignity to those with disabilities -- and transform the future of communication.

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0:00.0	I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:06.9	Today, how tiny technological devices can open up an entire world of communication
0:12.8	for those with paralysis or other life-limiting disabilities.
0:17.1	In its talk from Ted 2022, NeuroTech Entrepreneur Tom Oxley describes a future where we can
0:22.7	essentially speak or move with our thoughts alone.
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1:21.6	A few months ago, I surrendered the password to my Twitter account to let a person with
1:27.1	paralysis tweet out their thoughts.
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