Nov 022008
The producers at 60 Minutes must be reading my blog. They ran a story about brain-computer interfaces and their potential applications for people with disabilities. The piece shows people using neural interfaces to operate computers and wheelchairs, as well as video of that monkey controlling a robotic arm. The complete video should be available on the 60 Minutes website sometime Monday. Bob Simon was a little breathless in his narration, but he provided a good overview of the technology’s promise.
In the future, I expect the media to pay me a consultant’s fee when they crib my material.
