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MIT Tech Review: Metrics' Weakness and BCI Trials Take Off

Two articles from MIT Technology Review explore advancements and challenges in emerging technologies. One piece discusses the inherent limitations of metrics, highlighting how they can obscure more than they reveal, drawing from a decade of personal data tracking. The other article focuses on the burgeoning field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), featuring the case of Casey Harrell, an individual with ALS who is described as the first "power user" of a brain implant. AI

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MIT Tech Review: Metrics' Weakness and BCI Trials Take Off

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    📰 The inevitable weakness of metrics There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over

    📰 The inevitable weakness of metrics There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciat... 📰 Source: MIT Technology Review 🔗 Archive:…

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    📰 Brain-computer interface trials are taking off This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first power user” of a brain implant

    📰 Brain-computer interface trials are taking off This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first power user” of a brain implant, according to the researchers who worked with him. Harrell is paralyzed and unable to... 📰 Source: MIT Technology Revie…