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webdevver ◴[] No.45029333[source]
so this is like MCP but for neurons?

can they wire up the neurons that control ear twitch muscles to something useful e.g. "Open terminal" shortcut?

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1. Dilettante_ ◴[] No.45031710[source]
>can they wire up the neurons [...] to something useful e.g. "Open terminal" shortcut?

Pretty much. You could do something like that with non-invasive consumer-grade BCIs already though. What we really need to see is more distinct "keypresses" you can listen for. It's my understanding that something like "imagining pushing/pulling a heavy object" can be read clearly enough, while "twitching your left ear" gets lost in the noise.

It's a long way to go before we can replace the 400 keystrokes per minute, 104/105 distinct keys bandwidth of a keyboard.