Australian Scientists Pushing Boundaries of Brain-Computer Interfaces, Raising Opportunities and Concerns
• Australian researchers developing advanced brain-computer interface technologies like controlling robots with thoughts and reconstructing dreams
• Sydney company Synchron has implanted stent-like mesh into patients' brains allowing them to control computers without surgery
• Synchron's tech more sophisticated than Neuralink's, with one quadriplegic patient using it for over 200 sessions
• Concerns around hacking, data privacy, and access to expensive neurotechnologies needing balanced regulation
• Huge opportunities from interacting with the brain but also risks around privacy of "megaton" of brain data