Vocabulary

Academic Word List

  • coordinate
  • cortex
  • sensory
  • interface

Other Vocabulary

  • interaction
  • topography
  • peripheral
  • tertiary
  • cerebral
  • temporal

Exercise

Pre-Reading

With your group, discuss the following:

  • What do you know about Neuralink, AI, or biotechnology?
  • How is biotechnology expressed in the entertainment industry?
  • Would you agree or disagree that science fiction becomes real science? Why or why not?

Reading

Choose a section from the following article.

Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future

from Wait But Why

Contents

Part 1: The Human Colossus

Part 2: The Brain

Part 3: Brain-Machine Interfaces

Part 4: Neuralink’s Challenge

Part 5: The Wizard Era

Part 6: The Great Merger

Exercise

References

Urban, T. (2017, April 20). Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future. Retrieved June 22, 2017, from http://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html#part2

Post-Reading


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