"Improvement" of a technology can always go in various directions. "Brain chips" may offer a greatly improved quality of life ...

Beneath the fantastical visuals and dry humor, at its core, Severance is about identity. It asks whether we are better or ...

The science fiction thriller Severance, currently streaming on Apple TV+, could be closer to reality than viewers might think ...

How does “Severance,” well, operate? Vijay Agarwal, the neurosurgeon consultant who works with the show, explains.

Apple TV/Courtesy Everett Collection To create a memory-altering chip like the one in the show, it would need to target crucial areas of the brain, such as the hippocampi, which is responsible for ...

The surgeons in Severance use no such sophisticated imaging, simply peering into the brain and hand-placing the chip—and getting it right every time. ”In terms of surgery [in the show], it’s ...

A group of scientists in Germany and China has developed a new type of memory chip that could make artificial intelligence ...

Having a chip in your brain that can translate your thoughts into computer commands may sound like science fiction - but it is a reality for Noland Arbaugh. In January 2024 - eight years after he ...