Thinking Is Doing: Neurotechnology
① Brain scientists want to understand how the organ works, while neurotechnologists want to harness its power.
② Devices that decode neural activity and control machines already exist: a handful of people with spinal-cord injuries have brain implants that detect an intention to move and operate a cursor or robotic arm accordingly.
③ But wires poke through the skull and only a few hundred of the brain's 85bn neurons are involved.
④ The race to create better implants that read from many more neurons is on.
⑤ Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are pumping money into the field; America's armed forces are also funding research.
⑥ Visionaries imagine a world of telepathic communication and superhuman cognitive abilities.
⑦ That is decades away, if it ever comes.
⑧ But in labs and startups, a path to remarkable new applications—forging new neural connections in stroke victims, say, or monitoring the brain for mental-health disorders—is being created.
⑨ The next technological frontier is beneath the skull.
▍普通单词和搭配（要求能够拼写和造句）
harness its power /ˈhɑ:nəs/ : 控制 (利用 / 驾驭) 某种力量
decode /di:ˈkəʊd/: vt. 解码
a handful of /ˈhan(d)fʊl, ˈhan(d)f(ə)l/: 一小部分；一把
implant /ˈɪmplɑ:nt/ /ɪmˈplɑ:nt/: n. 植入物
detect /dɪˈtɛkt/: vt. 探测；发现
an intention to do sth.: 做某事的意图
accordingly /əˈkɔ:dɪŋli/: adv. 相应地
entrepreneur /ˌɒntrəprəˈnə:/: n. 企业家
pump money into /pʌmp/: (大量) 注入资金
visionary /ˈvɪʒ(ə)n(ə)ri/: n. 有远见的人
decades away /ˈdɛkeɪd, dɪˈkeɪd/: 几十年以后
forge /fɔ:dʒ/: vt. 形成；缔造
stroke victim /strəʊk/ /ˈvɪktɪm/: 中风患者
say: vt. 举例说；比如说 (相当于 for example/ instance)
frontier /ˈfrʌntɪə, frʌnˈtɪə/: n. 前沿
▍话题相关的表达（用于讨论相关话题，要求了解意思）
neuron /ˈnjʊərɒn/: n. 神经元 (神经细胞)
neural activity /ˈnjʊər(ə)l/: 神经活动
neurotechnology: n. 神经技术
neurotechnologist: n. 神经技术专家
spinal-cord injuries: 脊髓损伤
cursor /ˈkə:sə/: n. 光标
robotic arm: 机械臂
skull /skʌl/: n. 头盖骨
Silicon Valley: 硅谷
armed forces: 武装部队 (军方)
telepathic communication /tɛlɪˈpaθɪk/: 心灵感应
superhuman cognitive abilities: 超人类的认知能力