United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization passes the first neurotechnology ethics guideline.

On November 5th local time, UNESCO member states formally adopted the first global ethical framework for neurotechnology, the "Recommendations on the Ethics of Neurotechnology," which establishes key safeguards to ensure that neurotechnology is used to improve the lives of those most in need of assistance while avoiding harm to human rights. The official statement said that neurotechnology includes tools that can directly interact with the nervous system to measure, regulate, or stimulate it. This technology has great potential in the medical field: deep brain stimulation can relieve symptoms of depression and Parkinson's disease, while brain-machine interfaces allow disabled individuals to control prosthetics or communicate through thought.