Biohacking pioneer Amal Graafstra discusses Neuralink's first brain implant procedure & speculates on the evolution of neural interactive simulations like the Matrix and networked hive minds like the Borg.

Last month, Neuralink, implanted their first patient with a brain implant containing 64 flexible polymer threads, providing 1,024 sites for recording brain activity, and allowing the patient to control a computer mouse simply by thinking.

Today, moving a mouse is the limit of technology, but in the future brain implants may allow people to enter virtual digital worlds, like the Matrix. Beyond that, the neural plasticity of the human mind may actually spread consciousness out over the network as it offloads tasks for processing - allowing future humans to work as part of a collective consciousness, such as portrayed in Star Trek's Borg Collective.

Amal Graafstra is a book author, TEDx speaker, and CEO of biohacking companies Dangerous Things and VivoKey Technologies. Amal has various RFID and NFC implants in his body that open doors, start vehicles, unlocks his smartgun, and logs into computers.

Prior to his current roles, Amal’s experience includes numerous exective & IT-related roles at firms including Walletmor, Everfind, the medical biotech company Morpheus, Atomic Mobile, Silicon Energy, and more. He joins us today to discuss the intersection of information technology & medicine with a focus on the future of identity and security management.

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Vivokey Technologieshttps://vivokey.com/

Dangerous Things Biohackinghttps://dangerousthings.com/

Neuralinkhttps://neuralink.com/

Amal Graafstra at TEDxSFUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DxVWhFLI6E

Amal Graafstra (Personal Website)https://amal.net/