Oh man, where to even start? Gabe Newell and brain chips. I mean, seriously, who’d have thought? Yep, Gabe—the guy behind Valve—is diving into neural chips with some company named Starfish Neuroscience. And, get this, they’re cooking up a custom chip for brain-computer interfaces. Sounds like sci-fi, right? But hey, it might be here quicker than we expect.
So, the gist? Starfish, along with some tech wizards at imec, is building this ultra-low power neural chip. Imagine wireless, battery-free implants that can chat with your brain. Yeah, it’s supposed to peek and poke at brain signals all at once—essential for tackling those nasty neurological issues. Gabe’s been on about this ‘read and write’ brain thing for a while, and now it’s like, actually happening.
Here’s a wild thought—these brain implants are mini. Like, down to 2 × 4mm. If you told me Gabe was gonna be peddling brain chips way back when, I’d have laughed. But here we are. Let’s see, what’s cool about these tiny chips? Super low power use, 32 electrode sites, can record and stimulate—kinda like a brain DJ, I guess.
Oh, oh! They’re calling for collaborators now. So, if you’re into wireless or implant tech, Gabe wants you. They’re eyeing 2025 for when this tech might hit the shelves, so to speak.
And Gabe, being his enigmatic self, mentioned something about us being closer to ‘The Matrix’ than we think. Seriously, he said fiddling with motor and visual cortexes is simpler than feeling cold. Who knew? Apparently, our brains have quirky ways of dealing with stuff.
Flip back to 2019—Mike Ambinder from Valve, remember him? He spilled some beans about brain-computer interfaces rolling into gaming. The idea of games reading our reactions clear as day? Mind blown.
Big shoutout to Brad Lynch, who tipped us off about this madness. Man, the future’s looking wild, isn’t it?
