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

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

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. After the talk, Shoshana shares a brief but informative lesson on the prevalence and history of Sign Language.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:08.5	This is Ted Health.
0:09.5	I'm Dr. Shoshana Ungerleiter.
0:12.7	Do you have a difficult time expressing your thoughts?
0:15.9	Do you ever wish people could simply read your mind?
0:18.8	Well, neurologist Tom Moxley talks us through a breakthrough technology that does precisely
0:24.0	that.
0:25.0	A new brain implant promises to help paralyzed and other disabled people communicate, simply
0:30.5	by thinking.
0:32.1	And after, I'll discuss a less high tech, but very effective method that's helped millions
0:37.5	of people who can't hear communicate.
0:40.1	You won't want to miss it.
0:43.8	Hi, I'm Francis Frye.
0:48.4	And I'm Ann Morris.
0:49.8	And we are the hosts of a new Ted podcast called Fixable.
0:53.2	We've helped leaders at some of the world's most competitive companies solve all kinds
0:57.7	of problems.
0:58.7	On our show, we'll pull back the curtain and give you the type of honest, unfiltered
1:02.8	advice we usually reserve for top executives.
1:06.0	Maybe you have a coworker with boundary issues.
1:08.2	Or you want to know how to inspire and motivate your team.
1:11.2	No problem is too big or too small.
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