Hacking the brain

This week I talk about two seemingly unrelated stories: a paralyzed man who is able to communicate using only his thoughts and the first ever basketball game captured through a new technology called volumetric video. 
What do they have in common? Both have to do with how we perceive and communicate our reality, and both represent a way to essentially bypass our normal five senses.
As I like to say, the future is gonna be weird.
– PC

Links
Nature - Spelling interface using intracortical signals in a completely locked-in patient enabled via auditory neurofeedback training
NYT - Brain Implant Allows Fully Paralyzed Patient to Communicate
Wait But Why - Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
The Verge - The first NBA broadcast rendered with volumetric video puts basketball in the uncanny valley
HG - The future of photos isn’t cameras

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