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I actually got to play with META's neural band.

So this application was like Pac-Man moving around the screen,

and you had to subtly move your thumb or your forefinger so that it was picking up the brain

activity at your wrist, and then Pac-Man would move up or down or left or right.

Nita Farahani is a professor of law and philosophy at Duke University, and she's written a book called

The Battle for Your Brain.

And it was pretty cool. And within like a couple of minutes, it was calibrated to my signals,

just barely moving my fingers and my wrist.

So you're getting very close to being able to play Pac-Man with your brain.

You might know about Elon Musk's company, Neurrelink. You might also know that you can't just go

out and buy a Neurlink device yet. But what you might not know is that other companies

already have stuff on the shelves and that more is coming. Like I'm sitting here at my desk. I've got a little cabinet

next to me and it is filled with different ones of these devices. I have headphones that have like

EEG sensors around them. I've got earbuds not from Apple that have EEG sensors in them. I've got

forehead bands. I have like dozens sitting in this little cabinet next to me. And there are tons on

the market already. Mato was like the first, I'd say major tech company launching everyday

neurotechnology into the marketplace, right? Where you can go to Best Buy and you can buy a neural

band. This stuff is here now,

and you don't need to drill a hole in your head to use it. People hear these stories from Neurrelink and others and they're like, okay, that doesn't apply to me because that's some sci-fi future where like somebody who is in a wheelchair who's unable to move or to speak has something drilled into their brain. Like, that's not me.

But go to Best Buy.

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