Welcome to the expert podcast series on the reality of Neurotechnology, where we will explore the fast-emerging industry on a mission to unlock the secrets of the human brain. The term Neurotechnology covers all the technology and science used to monitor, investigate, control and mimic our brains. Poised to help millions of sufferers of neurological diseases and mobility issues, it could endow us with super-human abilities. But because neurotechnology allows us to monitor and manipulate the human mind, it’s also ripe for exploitation

On this episode we speak with Rafael Yuste the director of the Neuro Technology Center at Columbia University. Yuste highlights the necessity of creating a 'Neuro Rights' framework to safeguard individuals against emergent technologies.

About Rafael Yuste:
Professor of Biological Sciences and Neurosciences, Columbia University Spain; director of The Neurotechnology Center at Columbia University; chair of The NeuroRights Foundation