Paralysed people are already using brain-computer interfaces to turn their thoughts into text. But there are risks to this technology.
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Professor of Neural Interfaces, Newcastle University
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Post-doctoral researcher at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen
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Chair in Restorative Neuroscience, Imperial College London
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Postdoctoral researcher in biomedical engineering, University of Reading
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University of Salford
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Research Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, Keele University
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Senior Lab Director, Social Psychophysiology Laboratory, University at Buffalo
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University at Buffalo
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Chair in Rehabilitation Research, ICORD and Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham
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Hwang Endowed Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology, University of Washington
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Neurological Surgery Resident, University of California, San Francisco
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau