Graphene Brain Implants Are Here

Dear Reader,

Some pretty game-changing news from the biotech industry this week as the world’s first graphene-based brain-computer interface (BCI) was successfully implanted in a patient undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor. 

Engineered by Barcelona-based, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, this graphene BCI technology is the first of its kind and is said to be so sensitive to electronic impulses that the implanted sensors can distinguish between healthy and carcinogenic tissue — an enormous advantage when the goal is to remove as little healthy tissue as possible during resection. 

University of Manchester’s Dr. David Coope, the neurosurgeon leading the procedure, commented:

“We are capturing brain activity in areas where traditional metals and materials struggle with signal fidelity. Graphene provides ultra-high density for sensing and stimulating, which is critical to conduct high precision resections while preserving the patient’s functional capacities, such as movement, language or cognition.”

Though revolutionary, the technology is still quite primitive compared to what’s ultimately possible given what’s now known about graphene’s practical potential. 

With graphene’s proven sensitivity to minute variations in electrical activity within the brain, BCI technology could theoretically enable human thought patterns to interface directly with machines in the not-too-distant future. 

We’ve Been Hearing About Graphene’s Magic For A Decade

More lofty graphene promises I know, but the reality is, what was science fiction ten or even five years ago is now finally starting to arrive in tangible form. 

One such example is a graphene-based, lithium-free rechargeable battery which boasts some incredible properties, including charge speeds around 70x better than anything on the market today. 

With most EV and even device batteries taking 40-60 minutes to charge to capacity, this means a less than a minute charge time for a similar-sized graphene battery. 

And with that you get 2-3 times the charge capacity, and 3-5 times the lifespan, with  zero chance of fire or explosion once that lifespan comes to an end. 

It sounds like a lot of magic, but right now, an Australian company is turning out the first mass-produced versions of this exact product. 

Within a year or so, you may start seeing them in small consumer electronics and eventually, in the holy grail of battery applications — the electric vehicle market. 

Graphene To Topple Lithium-Ion’s $250B Empire?

The arrival of graphene batteries signals two things:

First and foremost, it’s that lithium-ion, which is predicted to exceed a quarter trillion in sales by the turn of the next decade, has a potential successor poised to enter the market. 

This in itself is a world-changing event, as global geopolitics are heavily influenced by the supply of and demand for strategic metals, with lithium being perhaps the most important of all. 

And second, it means that graphene, as a mainstream manufacturing material, has finally arrived. 

Thanks in large part to this very same Australian company that’s developing these batteries, modern graphene production techniques have lowered production costs to the point where it’s economically feasible.

That had been the single biggest hurdle to mass adoption, which makes the advancements in production the most important innovation of all, as those lofty promises of the past can become reality. 

There’s A Good Chance The Chinese Hate This Graphene Company

Want to learn more about this company?

Well, I already mentioned that it’s Australian, based in Brisbane. 

They make their own graphene in-house using a proprietary method that’s as simple as it is precise. It involves three ingrediants, natural gas, air and electricity. That’s it.

It’s public and trades on two North American exchanges. If you have an account with Etrade or Schwab or anything similar, you could own their stock in minutes. 

The problem is, it’s small and almost unknown to anybody but the experts, which means it’s underbought. 

For investors, that should be a wake up call, because the stakes here have global implications.

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