The document discusses the future of biomedical instrumentation. It describes how instrumentation helps measure, record and transmit data to and from the body. It discusses new ideas being researched like harnessing the body's power, more advanced prosthetics, and new diagnosis and treatment methods. The relationship between the brain and mind is described as similar to computer hardware and software. Understanding the brain's functions and developing tools to receive and transmit information to the brain could enable mind reading and control through technologies like nanotechnology. However, such capabilities also raise privacy, ethical and safety issues that require further development.