A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley
TED Talks Daily1 Kesä 2022

A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley

What if you could control digital devices using just the power of thought? That's the incredible promise behind the Stentrode -- an implantable brain-computer interface that collects and wirelessly transmits information directly from the brain, without the need for open surgery. Neurotech entrepreneur Tom Oxley describes the intricacies of this breakthrough technology, which is currently enrolling participants in human trials, as well as how it could help restore dignity to those with disabilities -- and transform the future of communication.

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The online community supporting queer Africans | Okong'o Kinyanjui

The online community supporting queer Africans | Okong'o Kinyanjui

Feeling safe is a human right -- but in many African countries, colonial-era laws make it dangerous for LGBTQIA+ people to gather and share their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expressi...

29 Syys 20228min

Work is not your family | Gloria Chan Packer

Work is not your family | Gloria Chan Packer

You may need to hear this (if you haven't already): your job is not your family. While you can develop meaningful relationships with your colleagues, calling work your family can actually breed burnou...

28 Syys 202215min

How AI could empower any business | Andrew Ng

How AI could empower any business | Andrew Ng

Expensive to build and often needing highly skilled engineers to maintain, artificial intelligence systems generally only pay off for large tech companies with vast amounts of data. But what if your l...

27 Syys 202211min

How to build for human life on Mars | Melodie Yashar

How to build for human life on Mars | Melodie Yashar

We're going to be building on the Moon this decade -- and next will be Mars, says space architect Melodie Yashar. In a visionary talk, she introduces her work designing off-world shelters with autonom...

26 Syys 202210min

Is there a link between cancer and heart disease? | Nicholas Leeper

Is there a link between cancer and heart disease? | Nicholas Leeper

Does the key to stopping cancer lie in the heart? Cardiologist Nicholas Leeper digs into emerging scientific research on the link between the world's two leading causes of death, heart disease and can...

23 Syys 202215min

Is the pandemic actually over? It's complicated | Anthony Fauci

Is the pandemic actually over? It's complicated | Anthony Fauci

"Be spreaders of facts and truths," says scientist and immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci. Having advised seven US presidents on various disease outbreaks including COVID-19, he shares insights on the pre...

22 Syys 202228min

You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one | Majora Carter

You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one | Majora Carter

Low-status neighborhoods in the US are often stuck between stagnating assistance from the government and gentrification at the hands of real estate developers. The result is that the brightest minds a...

21 Syys 202217min

Your invitation to disrupt philanthropy | Sara Lomelin

Your invitation to disrupt philanthropy | Sara Lomelin

Philanthropy disruptor Sara Lomelin thinks communities can build power through collective giving and the model of "giving circles": groups of people with shared values who come together to make change...

20 Syys 202213min

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