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Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer

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Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer. Published: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) link the brain directly to external computers, allowing users to do something just by thinking it. In recent years, BCIs have moved from science fiction to something that could have real potential. How do BCIs work?

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Using adsorbents to help society

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Such a model will be an important engineering design tool to advance work in drug delivery, power production, energy storage, atmospheric water harvesting and carbon capture technologies,” says Yamil. Choose a university degree such as chemical engineering, chemistry, biomolecular engineering, biochemistry or biomedical engineering.

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STEM Programs: How to Choose the Right Major

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Although technology can merge with other fields, such as engineering, people usually use the term to define computer-related careers. While a software engineer designs and develops new systems and programs for computers, computer programmers code software that a software engineer plans. Engineering in STEM.

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