Brainpatch
The brain is susceptible of many operations, which may, in various cases, preserve the life of the patients…
Wounds of this organ … are almost as easily cured, as those of most of the other
Quesnay 1743, tr. 1750
Cho and John are talking about the following article:
Organoids to Rebuild the Brain
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Cho
So which new brain-things are your going to discuss 😉
John
Some medical technology, but mainly BCI’s
Cho
BCI’s??? 😯
Cho
I know what it means, I was just surprised 😄
John
Why? 😊
Cho
There’s a limited number of legitimate applications in medicine, like brain-controlled prosthetics, but for now it is mostly hype
John
What do you mean?
Cho
Like the Neuralink, and getting a brain implant so you can change the channel on your TV
John
That’s not actually how it is marketed you know … and not all BCI require surgery
Cho
Fine, I’m just a bit skeptical about it for now. 😏
John
That’s OK, we’re writing about the future possibilities, so we’re allowed a bit of science fiction here
Cho
So, learning stuff overnight without having to study and augmentation
John
A little bit of that, but also some very different stuff
Cho
Such as?
John
Besides BCI’s we talk about possibilities for healing the brain through stem cell transplants
Cho
OK, that is something quite different indeed …
John
Or using brain organoids to replace pieces of the brain affected by a stroke or cancer removal
Cho
Now those are indeed very interesting to me! Send me the article and I’ll happily go through it
John
Sending as we speak! 😉
… The End
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