Philip Seargeant

Philip Seargeant

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Philip Seargeant is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Open University in the UK. His work investigates the relationship between language, politics and social media.

Latest articles by Philip Seargeant

A student at Texas Robotics shows a brain-computer interface that enables him to control his hand with his thoughts.

'The dystopian possibilities seem endless': How attempts to merge human brains with machines could go disastrously wrong

By Philip Seargeant published

After Philip Seargeant's grandmother suffered a stroke, she lost the ability to speak for several days. The experience made him reflect on brain-computer interfaces — a technology with both positive and dystopian implications.

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