Brain signals restore communication for locked-in patients: "we're playing God"
rand_longevity · x · 2026-10-30
randlongevity amplified a post noting that we can now restore a person's ability to communicate by reading electrical signals directly from their brain. A century ago, this would have seemed like godhood — hence the caption "we really are starting to play God." Brain-computer interfaces are moving from lab experiments to real clinical cases.
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