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March 1, 2023

Want to drive using mind control? This brainwave-reading tech could make it happen

Spinout Cogitat has been awarded a £500k grant from Innovate UK to develop its AI-powered technology that it says can read your brainwaves


Tim Smith

5 min read

Mind reading was once the stuff of science fiction but, since Elon Musk and others have begun work on neural interfaces, the idea of a computer reading human thoughts is becoming less far-fetched. Understandably though, not everyone loves the idea of a tyrannical billionaire implanting a chip inside their skull.

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Image of Sifted's Tim Smith testing out Cogitat's tech
Sifted's Tim Smith testing out Cogitat's tech
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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