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Brain implantable devices (Reiner)

By Peter Reiner

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In a Commentary in the new issue of Nature, Jens Clausen has a short piece on brain-implantable devices. Entitled "Man, machine and in between", the piece suggests that brain-implantable devices have a promising future. Key safety issues must be resolved, but the ethics of this new technology present few totally new challenges. I would agree about the ethical issues: same old, same old. Debates will rage, but if the safety issues can be resolved, there will be early adopters. You can count on it.

But oh yes. The safety thing. I almost forgot about that. Perhaps I won't be one of the first to sign up after all....

Full post as published by Neuroethics and Law on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).

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