When Does Zebra-finch Research Pay Off, According to Decrypted?

On Bloomberg's Decrypted, Sarah McBride and Brad Stone ask when zebra-finch research shows up in products. The first answers are on the phone: voice unlock, and noise reduction on calls and video calls. Past gadgets, the same animal work feeds medicine, including how to stop Parkinson's tremors and how to handle prosthetic limbs. The further case is Neuralink. Tim Gardner left the Boston University lab, later run by Tim Otchy, to work for Elon Musk. Ashlee Vance describes a brain-machine interface as a two-way channel. Implants that help people hear, or that calm tremors, already exist. The version being chased went further, including a mesh on the brain.