Well, Science Corp is here to change that with some good old-fashioned brain hacking. Probably. Maybe. Who knows? Honest question: WTF is Science Corp? Futurism’s Simon Spichak broke the news about the company earlier this week with the careful-not-to-spit-out-your-coffee-when-you-read-the-rest-of-this-sentence-news that Science Corp had already raised a massive $48 million funding (what?!?). Here’s what we know so far: And that’s about it. We reached out to the people associated with the company we could identify, but haven’t received a response from anyone yet. Despite the fact the company’s being secretive, we can still glean a few potential insights. Firstly, as Spichak points out in their article: It’s possible this all adds up to a new non-invasive brain-computer-interface that sends light through the eyeball to interact with the brain. It’s more likely, however, that the whole eyeball-science part of the endeavor is linked in with an invasive (read: drilling holes in your head) device similar to Neuralink’s… but with whatever upgrades Science Corp’s new ideas would add to the mix. But here’s the thing: unless this company is taking Neuralink’s tech and running with it, we can’t expect a serious look at what it’s trying to accomplish for a year or more. In fact, the Futurism article mentions that it was never really clear if Hodak left Neuralink in good graces or was fired due to “moving too slow on clinical trials.” So we’re guessing that speed isn’t the name of the game here. But… what is? It’s understandable when a new company doesn’t want to alert the general public to its presence until it has a full team in place. But when said company has already raised a gobsmacking $48 million and plans to do… something… with people’s brains, it raises some eyebrows. The next question we have to ask is: who or what is overseeing these brain-hacking startups? Is there a government medical board or third-party science advisory committee making sure nobody’s trying to perform brain transplants with pigs and dogs or something? Read Futurism’s whole article here. H/t: Jon Christian, Simon Spichak, Futurism