"The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and Berkeley City College (BCC) continued their "Not on the Test: The Pleasures and Uses of Mathematics" lecture series with "Brain-Computer Interfaces," a lecture by Dr. Phillip Sabes. Dr. Sabes discussed the basic science and recent technical advances in the field of Brain-Machine interface development, including work from his own laboratory. Brain-Machine Interfaces offer the promise of helping disabled patients by allowing them to control prosthetic limbs, computer interfaces, or other devices directly from the neural signals in their brain. Dr. Sabes is a Professor of Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco and is director of UCSF's Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology. The event took place on April 9, 2014, at Berkeley City College