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Sarah Chan on neural interfaces

Bioethicist Sarah Chan contributed to a report this month on neurotechnology by the UK’s senior scientific academy. She talks to John Thornhill about the potential health benefits of neural interfaces but also the difficulty of regulating the commercial use of devices that interact with our brains. Read the Royal Society's report <a href="https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/ihuman/report-neural-interfaces.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> All FT stories will be free to read on Wednesday September 18th when there will be a 24-hour paywall freeze. Here are a couple of recommendations to get you started:<a href="Neural interfaces should upgrade, not degrade, humans" target="_blank">Neural interfaces should upgrade, not degrade, humans</a><a href="How China dodged a trade war recession" target="_blank">How China dodged a trade war recession</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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