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Brain Machine Interface (BMI) and Ethics: For Human Security: Hideaki Koizumi at TEDxTodai

Hideaki Koizumi is a Fellow and Corporate Officer of Hitachi, Ltd., where he developed cutting-edge imaging technologies such as MRI・MRA・fMRI and near-infrared optical topography. This was the first big step in his work towards realizing the measurement of neuro-activity such as imagination and human learning. With a great love for the scientific approach, beginning with natural phenomena, he is continuing his endeavor to physically clarify mechanisms and is challenging those behind human activity such as philosophy and education. Peering through the lens of neuroscience, he discusses Ethics necessary for engineering as well as for society as a whole.

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日立製作所役員待遇フェロー。日立製作所に入社後、各種の磁気共鳴描画法(MRI・MRA・fMRI)や近赤外光トポグラフィ法など先鋭的なイメージング技術を開発。「想像」や「学習」といった精神活動の測定実現に向けて大きな一歩となった。実験を心から愛し、自然現象はもとより哲学・教育といった人間の営みを物理的に実証することに挑戦し続けている。エンジニアリングをはじめ、社会全体に必要な倫理について、神経科学を通して問いかける。