Sara Goering

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June 17, 2025

“Ways of Knowing” Episode 8: Ethics of Technology

Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, can help people with severe injuries or impairments regain the ability to communicate or move their arms and legs through robotic substitutes. The devices, which are about the size of a dime and are implanted on the surface of a person’s brain, serve as a communication link between the brain’s neural…

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November 28, 2018

UW-led philosophy team receives $1.5M grant to study the ethics of neurotechnology research

University of Washington researchers in the Center for Neurotechnology are studying how brain-computer interfaces affect whether patients feel they are in charge of their own actions.

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