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WIRED | This Man Set the Record for Wearing a Brain-Computer Interface

August 17, 2022

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By Emily Mullin

NATHAN COPELAND CONSIDERS himself a cyborg. The 36-year-old has lived with a brain-computer interface for more than seven years and three months. As of today—August 17—that’s the longest anyone has had an implant like this. Four electrode arrays, each the size of a pencil eraser, translate his neural impulses into commands that allow him to control external devices: a computer, video games, and a robotic arm he can move with just his thoughts.

 

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