'60 Minutes' preview: Brain power Video
'60 Minutes' preview: Brain power Video Transcript
>> Quietly in a number of laboratories an astounding technology is developing that directly connects the human brain to a computer.
>> We're seeing Kathy moving this cursor with nothing but her mind?
>> That's right.
>> You're merging man and machine.
>> In that sense yes.
>> You've done it.
>> Yes ^E00:00:25
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