Are implanted brain chips the future?

BBC Inside Science

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Technology, Science

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Elon Musk’s implanted brain chip, Neuralink, is coming to the UK for clinical trials. Is controlling computers with our minds a future reality or is it all hype? Neuroscientists Dean Burnett and Christina Maher weigh in.

Zoologist Jules Howard ponders the strange effects drugs in our sewage have on frogs from his garden pond.

How do we measure the distance to distant galaxies? Astrophysicist Edward Gomez answers a listener's burning question.

And a 101 on blood groups from Dr Lise Estcourt.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producers: Ella Hubber, Gerry Holt, Sophie Ormiston Editor: Martin Smith Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth BBC Inside Science is produced in collaboration with the Open University.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.
0:05.0	My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.
0:11.0	It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,
0:16.1	but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.
0:19.5	And because the team is such a diverse range of skills and strengths.
0:23.0	We have trained journalists, people who love digging through archives,
0:26.6	we've got drama and even comedy experts.
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0:31.6	So if you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find
0:35.0	plenty more fascinating stories from all around the UK. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:44.0	Hello, welcome to BBC Inside Science with me, Marnie Chesterton.
0:49.0	This episode was first broadcast on the 13th of June 2024.
0:54.0	Coming up, do you know your blood type?
0:56.0	I mean, really no, because there are 44 different classification systems.
1:02.0	Also, we'll be working out how you measure the distance to a galaxy far, far away,
1:08.0	bringing you urgent pond news, and I want to talk about the power of your mind, specifically when augmented.
1:16.0	How do you like the idea of logging on to the internet with your mind?
1:21.0	Or what about having a go at telepathy? They're just a couple of the
1:24.9	promised benefits of neural implants, tech developed by a range of companies
1:29.9	including Elon Musk's Neurrelink.
1:32.7	Earlier this year, Inside Science reported on the first patient to receive a
1:37.2	neurolink chip in between his skull and brain.
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