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米格尔·尼科莱利斯是一位世界领先的研究者,他的研究有一天可能使截瘫患者能够通过自己的思想控制计算机。作为任何新晋畅销书作家的例行公事,他昨晚在每日秀节目中拜访了乔恩·斯图尔特。斯图尔特对尼科莱利斯的设备表达了必要的惊叹,该设备目前已允许猴子仅凭思想(大脑电信号)控制电脑光标、虚拟化身或机器人——并且有一天可能让残疾人,甚至我们所有人,都能做到同样的事情。想象一下通过脑电波联网的快闪族。尼科莱利斯与斯图尔特交谈了几分钟,并在《大众科学》二月刊上发表的摘自《超越边界:连接大脑与机器的新神经科学——以及它将如何改变我们的生活》编辑节选中更详细地阐述了他的愿景。

 


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Gary Stix, senior editor of mind and brain topics at 大众科学, edits and reports on emerging advances that have propelled brain science to the forefront of the biological sciences. Stix has edited or written cover stories, feature articles and news on diverse topics, ranging from what happens in the brain when a person is immersed in thought to the impact of brain implant technology that alleviates mood disorders such as depression. Before taking over the neuroscience beat, Stix, as 大众科学's special projects editor, was responsible for the magazine's annual single-topic special issues, conceiving of and producing issues on Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, climate change and nanotechnology. One special issue he oversaw on the topic of time in all of its manifestations won a National Magazine Award. With his wife Miriam Lacob, Stix is co-author of a technology primer called Who Gives a Gigabyte? A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed.

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