# A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2022
- Speaker: Tom Oxley
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Computer science, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_oxley_a_brain_implant_that_turns_your_thoughts_into_text)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if you could control digital devices using just the power of thought? That's the incredible promise behind the Stentrode -- an implantable brain-computer interface that collects and wirelessly transmits information directly from the brain, without the need for open surgery. Neurotech entrepreneur Tom Oxley describes the intricacies of this breakthrough technology, which is currently enrolling participants in human trials, as well as how it could help restore dignity to those with disabilities -- and transform the future of communication.

## Lectures

1. [A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/tom_oxley_a_brain_implant_that_turns_your_thoughts_into_text/e68f8e9cc777), 13 min (TED's player)