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The business of brain–computer interfaces

Despite dazzling lab demonstrations, robust and viable clinical interventions using brain–computer interfaces remain some way off.

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Smalley, E. The business of brain–computer interfaces. Nat Biotechnol 37, 978–982 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0231-y

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