Neurotechnology

Neurotechnology is any technology that has a fundamental influence on how people understand the brain and various aspects of consciousness, thought, and higher order activities in the brain. It also includes technologies that are designed to improve and repair brain function and allow researchers and clinicians to visualize the brain. "Neurotechnology is defined as the assembly of methods and instruments that enable a direct connection of technical components with the nervous system. These technical components are electrodes, computers, or intelligent prostheses."  Müller 2017.
E.g. Neuralink Corporation is an American neurotechnology company founded by Elon Musk and others, developing implantable brain–machine interfaces (BMIs).
"Neurotechnology is a fascinating and, at the same time, controversial field as one of its goals is to directly “wire up” human brains to machines. We should indeed expect to encounter such hybrid brain-machine systems more frequently in the future (see e.g., http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/brain/index.html)." Müller 2017.
== Background ==
In the 20th Century, and the Early 21st, neurotechnology was seen as a new technology. As of 2019 the field of neurotechnology has been around for nearly half a century but has only reached maturity in the last twenty years. The advent of brain imaging revolutionized the field, allowing researchers to directly monitor the brain's activities during experiments. Neurotechnology has made significant impact on society, though its presence is so commonplace that many do not realize its ubiquity. From pharmaceutical drugs to brain scanning, neurotechnology affects nearly all industrialized people either directly or indirectly, be it from drugs for depression, sleep, ADD, or anti-neurotics to cancer scanning, stroke rehabilitation, and much more.
== Results ==
"Elon Musk’s company Neuralink broke its the silence that it has held since its founding back in 2016. This brain-computer interface company has finally revealed its vision, and it’s both really cool and kinda scary.
The companies device will be able to read brain activity using 3000 surgically implanted electrodes that are each capable of monitoring 1000 neurons at a time. The information could then be sent via BlueTooth to a smartphone app." By Thomas Channeton -July 22, 2019
== Rhizomata ==
Technology