The Economist on Neurotechnologies

Brain-computer interfaces sound like the stuff of science fiction. Andrew Palmer sorts the reality
from the hype
IN THE gleaming facilities of the Wyss Centre for Bio and Neuroengineering in Geneva, a lab technician takes a well plate out of an incubator. Each well contains a tiny piece of brain tissue derived from human stem cells and sitting on top of an array of electrodes. A screen displays what the electrodes are picking up: the characteristic peak-and-trough wave forms of firing neurons. Read More