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Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer

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Recent advances in AI, material sensor technologies and attention to user-friendliness in computer hardware have spurred BCI research, taking it from pure academia into the world of industry,” he explains. The accuracy of machine learning provides another limitation, though this is a rapidly advancing field. How do BCIs work?

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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Ben is working with Dr Julia Parrish, a professor at the University of Washington, who is also the Executive Director of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), an environmental, hands-on citizen science programme. Citizen science allows people to choose what project appeals to them, and engage in ways suited to them.