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Venture capitalist donates BrainGate, brain-machine interface company, to Tufts University

By Hiawatha Bray — Boston GlobeSept. 11, 2020

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For more than a decade, scientist and entrepreneur Jeff Stibel’s company BrainGate has been developing ways to connect the human brain directly to computers.

But Stibel doesn’t think the world is ready for his technology, because of the potential for abuse. So he’s giving away the company.

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