{"id":115230,"date":"2017-10-23T10:31:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=115230"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:55:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:55:28","slug":"technology-deathmatch-two-top-innovations-collide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/10\/technology-deathmatch-two-top-innovations-collide\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Deathmatch: Two Top Innovations Collide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By WallStreetDaily.com<\/u><\/a> \"Technology<\/p>\n

\"RobertReady for a steel-cage deathmatch?<\/p>\n

I hope so!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s match pits two emerging technologies against each other.<\/p>\n

Chief Investment Strategist Louis Basenese will build the investment thesis in support of technology No. 1 \u2014 smart dust.<\/p>\n

Senior Analyst Jonathan Rodriguez will do the same for technology No. 2 \u2014 brain-computer interfaces.<\/p>

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For the sake of fairness, each analyst must state his case in under 600 words.<\/p>\n

Only one technology is permitted to exit the steel cage alive.<\/p>\n

Which one will prevail?<\/p>\n

Your vote decides the winner.<\/p>\n

Good luck, gentlemen!<\/p>\n

The Age of Cyborgs is Closer Than Ever<\/h2>\n

\"JonathanSince the invention of the pacemaker more than 50 years ago, the barrier between man and machine has been slowly thinning.<\/p>\n

As you may know, humans \u2014 like nearly every other living organism on Earth \u2014 use electrical signals to regulate bodily functions.<\/p>\n

And for the better part of the 20th century, researchers have been mapping these electrical signals between the brain and the rest of the body.<\/p>\n

Well, thanks to major technology advances, scientists have finally figured out how to translate the brain\u2019s signals into actions for machines.<\/p>\n

Yes, you read that right\u2026<\/p>\n

Man and machine are about to become one.<\/p>\n

The devices that facilitate this activity are called brain-computer interfaces (BCI), and they could very well change the world as we know it.<\/p>\n

For instance, a BCI could:<\/p>\n