Okay, so here’s the deal. You remember Gabe Newell, right? The dude behind Valve? Yeah, well, he’s diving headfirst into this brain tech thing with his company Starfish Neuroscience. They’re whipping up this special chip for brain-computer interfaces. Sounds like sci-fi, but apparently, it’s happening sooner than I thought.
So, Starfish dropped this update recently, and it hit me like BAM: They’re working with imec to make a chip that barely uses any power. I mean, this thing is meant for wireless brain implants. Imagine that — a battery-free gizmo hanging out in your head, messing around with your brain waves or whatever. And not to go all techie on you, but it’ll do the ‘read and write’ dance, tackling those crazy brain disorders.
Ah, there’s this rad pic by Valve showing Gabe and Mike Armbinder — kind of caught my eye, no clue why. Anyway, these chips are supposed to get past the usual bulky, power-hog models we’ve seen. Think Elon Musk’s Neuralink but aiming to be less of a pain to deal with. Maybe they’ll shrink it down so much we won’t even notice.
And this chip, pfft, it’s TINY — like 2 by 4mm. Can you imagine? I hate reading tech specs, but here we are. Who would’ve thought Valve would be here talking brain chips? It’s got like, a 1.1 mW power consumption. Pretty nuts.
But hey, it’s still in the early stages, and Starfish is looking for folks to jump on board. They’re eyeing those tech-savvy types who dig wireless power stuff—definitely not me. They’re pushing for this thing to hit the scene by 2025. Gabe’s all about it, saying we’re closer to living in ‘The Matrix’ than we know. Wild, right?
There’s this old chat from 2023 where Gabe’s talking. All geeky, saying messing with the motor cortex is easy peasy compared to making us feel cold. Apparently, our brains have bad interfaces? Who knew!
Before he left Valve, Mike Ambinder — their brainy psychologist guy — gave some juicy bits on brain-computer interfaces and gaming. They’re figuring out how to measure players’ in-game reactions. Can you believe it? After all this, I just feel like sitting down with a big bowl of popcorn, watching future tech moments unfold.
Oh, and a shoutout to Brad ‘SadlyItsBradley’ Lynch for the scoop. Always cool to have those nuggets dropped our way.
