A powerful new neurotech tool for augmenting your mind | Conor Russomanno

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🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In an astonishing talk and tech demo, neurotechnologist Conor Russomanno shares his work building brain-computer interfaces that could enable us to control the external world with our minds. He discusses the quickly advancing possibilities of this field -- including the promise of a "closed-loop system" that could both record and stimulate brain activity -- and invites neurohacker Christian Bayerlein onto the TED stage to fly a mind-controlled drone by using a biosensing headset.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:11.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:14.4	The possibilities for brain computer interfaces are advancing quickly.
0:18.6	Thanks in part to how this technology is getting built together in an open community.
0:24.2	When his talk from Ted 2023, Neuro-Technologist Connor Rusemano shares his vision for a future
0:29.8	where we could control the external world with our minds.
0:34.8	He describes a demo the live audience experienced and after the talk will further unpack his
0:40.0	work by sitting down with me.
0:42.1	First, a sponsor message.
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0:50.0	I'm Cheryl Dorsey, host of the Ted Tech Podcast, where we bring you the latest innovations
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1:18.1	I became obsessed with the relationship between the brain and the mind after suffering a
1:22.6	series of concussions playing football and rugby in college.
1:26.7	I felt my mind change for years after.
1:30.8	I was studying computers at the time and it felt as though I had damaged my hardware and
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