knows no bounds. >> and now we are in a race. we're in an 18-month race to try to get that demonstration going. >> buckle up, you're about to meet dr. miguel nicoleilis, a brazilian visionary on the fast track to the future. i'm dr. sanjay gupta and this is "the next list." they are "the next list." >> welcome to the primate lab at the center for neuroengineering at duke university. this is the place where the idea of linking brains to robots was inve invented. we call it brain-machine interfaces. >> my name is miguel nicoleilis and i'm a neuroscientist.