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Future-gazing entrepreneur Elon Musk (electric cars, colonies on Mars) wants to develop a “direct cortical interface” between computers and the human brain.

His scientists, The Wall Street Journal reported this week, may achieve this by implanting tiny electrodes in the brain that can communicate directly with computers. Using something that Mr. Musk has called “neural lace” technology, the cortical interface might first help…