BrainGate makes ‘mental texting.’  Blog King, Mass Appeal STANFORD — Check this out: A coterie of neuroscientists invented a microchip that, when inserted into the brain, allows us to type words (without using our hands) just by thinking of a sentence. No bullsh*t. Here’s how it works: once signals are dispatched to the encephalon, the brain-computer interface (BCI) decrypts the information ...

Computer-Brain merger coming.  Blog King, Mass Appeal LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk is f*cking with our heads (literally). The 49-year-old tech wizard just revealed alarming details about his esoteric neuroscience enterprise “Neuralink” and his modus operandi to amalgamate computers with human encephalons (à la Lana Wachowski’s 1999 film ‘The Matrix’). During a webcast demonstration on Friday, the SpaceX CEO unveiled ...

David Stern has migrated north. Blog King, Mass Appeal NEW YORK — David Stern has migrated to that big hoops franchise in the sky. The former NBA Commissioner died on New Year’s Day. He was 77. Stern suffered a brain hemorrhage three weeks ago that required emergency surgery. He was encircled bedside by a close knit retinue of family and ...