Malcolm Gay is an award-winning journalist. He holds an MJ from the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism, and his writing and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Time.com, among others. He was named an Alicia Patterson Fellow in 2013. The Brain Electric is his first book.
"Malcolm Gay's new book, The Brain Electric, captures in an exciting, comprehensible, and dramatic style the race to build the first human-usable "mind"-controlled dexterous robotic arm . . . The Brain Electric is a book that makes the excitement of merging neuroscience and engineering accessible to everyone. I recommend it to young adults to attract them to science and engineering, to graduate students to motivate them, and to the public, who will gain a sense of the challenges and satisfaction associated with doing research." --A. Aldo Faisal, Science"Malcolm Gay's lively first book, The Brain Electric, centers on the efforts led by the legendary Defense Advance Research Projects Agency and the visionary director of its Revolutionizing Prosthetics program." --Barry Werth, The Wall Street Journal"An ambitious, well-researched book, The Brain Electric illustrates the field's exciting potential not just to aid the disabled but one day, perhaps, to enhance human abilities altogether." --Jennifer Latson, The Boston Globe"One of the most fascinating . . . books you will ever read." --Robert Epstein, Scientific American MIND"The Brain Electric convincingly illuminates the ways current biomedical research and breakthroughs in neuroprosthetics are steadily gaining ground on what was once wild science fiction" --Booklist"Gay observes the brilliant, fiercely competitive, and unnervingly entrepreneurial neuroscientists who seek the means to bring humans one step closer to the transhuman realm . . . Gay is reassuringly skeptical of the tabloid-style hype surrounding neuroprosthetics, but he makes a convincing case that, sooner rather than later, neuroprostheses will become more commonplace." --Publishers Weekly"To most, the notion of joining the human mind to a machine exists only in science fiction, yet revolutionary research combining medicine and technology has moved past proof of concept to demonstrate potentials for life-altering cures and military applications. First-time author Gay tells the emotional tale of scientific efforts in which neural implants, brain mapping, and advanced technology allow humans to control computers with their minds and instruct, for example, a prosthetic arm to hold someone's hand. While brimming with extensive and well-cited research studies, scientific background, and current events, the book comprises a collection of stories . . . The human side moves the narrative forward and will engage not just science readers but those who love inspiring people." --Library Journal"In The Brain Electric, Malcolm Gay has brilliantly opened the door to a new and startling world of engineering that will eventually transform many thousands of lives for the better. He brings the creative scientific process to life with vibrant prose, an unerring eye for the telling human detail, and a flair for capturing the drama of intellectual discovery. This is a masterpiece of reporting, and science writing at its best" --Fergus M. Bordewich, author of America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union"What seemed the realm of science fiction just a few years ago is now real: the ability of a human being to manipulate a prosthetic arm fluidly and spontaneously, using only thought. So too can one person now think a movement and 'touch' another over a computer network. The human brain, it turns out, can learn with breathtaking speed to use digital networks and the machines they control as an extension of the mind and body. Malcolm Gay's The Brain Electric is a fascinating and thorough study of the fast-evolving science behind this inevitable mating, as well as of the recent revelations of neuroscience that we perceive all objects first in terms of how we can manipulate and move with them. At root, Gay's authoritative account is an exploration of consciousness and the concept of self at the cutting edge of science. A must-read for anyone who wonders just how far we've come." --Peter Heller, author of The Dog Stars and The Painter
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