{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8cf4cec7-5a0f-49c5-8ec9-36941b5c6b6e/635a917daefe260012d66a4c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Blackrock Neurotech's Marcus Gerhardt: \"An inflection point for brain-computer interfaces\" ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0b311a8cbef1d93cf121/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Marcus Gerhardt, chief executive of Blackrock Neurotech, to talk about his boarding school days in Wales (4:00), his dotcom adventures (10:00), pivoting to brain-computer interfaces (16:00), the “Utah array” (18:40), how in 2006 the first person sent an email with his thoughts (20:30), starting the company (23:00), the state of the technology today (26:40), targeting tetraplegics (33:00), getting investment (38:15), going to market (41:30), and reaching an inflection point (47:40). </p>","author_name":"The Sunday Times"}