Bioethicist Paul Wolpe explores the implications of wiring computers to the human brain.
Paul Root Wolpe
Position: Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Medical Ethics, and Sociology, and senior fellow, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania; chief of bioethics, NASA
Issue: Brain-computer interfaces. Neuroscientists and engineers are developing technologies that allow the brain to interact directly with computers, from chips that could enable amputees to control prosthetic limbs to devices designed to enhance brain function. How will these new technologies influence daily life?
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