Ian Lim
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- Brain-computer interface (BCI) 2021 year in review 🧵 2021 was a big year! We saw an intracortical BCI decode handwriting, the 1st country to pass a bill on neuro-rights, & much more Below we cover the most exciting BCI updates across academia, industry, & public policy
- Beyond excited to announce that I will be attending @Stanford University this upcoming Fall for my undergraduate education! #stanford2023 Looking forward to learning from and working with the greatest minds in the world's center for innovation! @EngageStanford @stanforddschool
- Thrilled to announce that I'm joining @WithOtter as their first PM! In the last 6 months, Otter has launched in 2 cities and helped 3,500+ stay-at-home parents collectively earn $20M+ by providing childcare for 3,500+ families
- introducing NBA GPT: Your Copilot for watching NBA games 🏀 just in time for the NBA playoffs (@warriors are going the distance) it's like having a personal announcer while you watch🎙️ get unique insights and stats from your favorite players and teams here's a demo:
00:00 - Super excited to announce that we’ve been approved to start @StanfordBCI this upcoming year! 🎉 Stanford BCI is a group of students focused on building non-invasive brain computer interface hardware + software 1/3
- Replying to @IanCLimDecoding imagined handwriting Until now, BCIs have been far from the information rate of typing or speaking By decoding imagined handwriting, researchers have achieved 90 chars/min This is faster than the rate of *actual* handwriting (40 chars/min)!Our new study is out today in Nature! We demonstrate a brain-computer interface that can turn thoughts about handwriting into text, enabling a person with paralysis to type 18 words per minute – doubling the prior record. 1/3 nature.com/articles/s4158…
00:00 - ‼️ Launching today! Apply with API: accept job applications through an API POST request Link: applywithapi.com ⭐️Job candidates → POST request w/ application info in JSON request body 🚫No server implementation needed (pure GUI support) 🤑Free
- Replying to @IanCLimWhat rights do you have over your thoughts? Chile took a 1st pass at this question by giving their citizens the right to mental privacy, free will, etc. Neuro-rights remains a highly debated topic as policymakers begin to realize the importance of BCIs
- Replying to @IanCLimBringing real-life hand gestures into VR with CTRL-Labs @meta has been quiet about their acquisition of CTRL-labs in 2019 @RealityLabs demoed how they use neural EMG signals from the wrist to control VR, based on CTRL-labs research
- Replying to @IanCLim"Neural pacemaker" treats depression This group figured out a way to automatically detect when you’re feeling depressed and then send tiny electrical pulses to stop it nature.com/articles/s4159…No treatment helped her depression — until this. In a first, a "pacemaker for the brain" has successfully treated a case of severe depression. "Within a few weeks, the suicidal thoughts just disappeared," said the first participant in the unusual study. nyti.ms/3DgkPhT
- Replying to @IanCLimMonkey MindPong A monkey implanted w/ @neuralink N1 Link played Pong just by thinking about where to move the paddle on screen While a fun milestone, it’s an important step towards their goal of restoring physical capabilities for people w/ paralysis neuralink.com/blog/monkey-mi…
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