Yo, technology.

What is it all about?

I remember turning to her in London and saying,

oh, I think I've just started a company in Salt Lake City, Utah.

That was about a very fun conversation.

It's the only time I've ever heard her swear.

Hello and welcome to Danny in the Valley. Thank you for tuning in. How are we all doing this week?

On the show, we are talking about the brain, specifically brain computer interfaces. Now, of course,

we've had a few folks over the past year or two working on this technology in one form or another, and the idea

is broadly the same, which is seeks to put electronics inside our gray matter.

And a lot of these, initially they're aiming to restore function in very, very disabled

people.

But over the longer term, the aim is to basically be able to enhance all of us as human

beings by jacking us directly into the web, into artificial intelligence, to allow us to

speak to each other via thoughts alone, et cetera, et cetera, you get the idea.

You know, when you talk about brain computer interfaces, or BCIs, as they they're called you quickly get to these kind of

fantastical futures but this week on the program you're very lucky because we have the head of a

company who's been on this cold face longer than pretty much any of its rivals marcus

gerhardt is the chief executive of black rock Neurotech, which has developed a sensor

about the size of a thumbnail, which you can plug into the brain, obviously surgically.

And it interprets to really high fidelity signals and translates those in actions from

writing emails, as well as you'll hear.

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