Neurosurgeon Answers Brain Implant Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Neurosurgeon and Engineer Dr. Ben Rapoport, co-founder of Precision Neuroscience, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the emerging technology of brain implants and brain-computer interfaces. How does brain-computer interface technology work? What part of the brain is the BCI interfacing with? How do you get a chip into the brain in the first place? Will brain-computer interfaces one day allow us to replay our dreams? Answers to these questions and many more await on Brain-Computer Interface Support. 0:00 Brain-Computer Interface Support 0:13 How does brain-computer interface technology work? 0:54 Why are we doing this? 1:40 Operating BCIs 3:40 Dream replays 4:18 Ideally at 150cc, as Donkey Kong 4:47 Hacked ur brain lol 5:55 Merging a human brain with AI 6:59 What part of the brain is the BCI interfacing with? 7:51 Electrodes 8:56 BCIs for ALS and paralysis 9:38 Non-invasive BCI technology? 10:39 ERROR ERROR ERROR 11:43 Implants becoming obsolete 12:53 Read only 14:19 How do you get a brain chip into the brain? 14:57 The future of sharing thoughts and feelings beyond language 15:19 Using Al to create a better brain-computer interface 15:56 Getting involved with BCIs and neurotechnology Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Ben Rapoport Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Camera Operator: Chloe Ramos Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►https://instagram.com/wired Twitter ►►http://www.twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►https://www.facebook.com/wired Tik Tok ►►https://www.tiktok.com/@wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.