brain-machine interface were about to be popularized, but the rise of [[the Other]] and the fear that It might hack these devices stopped it's widespread in its track. Its primary uses were for soldier control of [[analogue machines]]. It takes a very long while to get used to a [[BMI]]. Usually, the most powerful and complex ones require to be implanted at infancy. Proper training is required, or else it serves no purpose, and I/O will be noise for both the brain and the computer. Those that are implanted after infancy take much longer to "train", similar to someone learning to walk again after months of paraplegia. # to explore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Oxley_%28neurologist%29?wprov=sfla1