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"This is the first demonstration of ... a person being able to both receive and send information to others using only their brain." I'm completely blown away b
by warent 7y ago
"This is the first demonstration of ... a person being able to both receive and send information to others using only their brain."
I'm completely blown away by the gravity of this achievement. This is a somewhat unassuming article for one study among many, but yet here we have something that, in my opinion, is essentially the equivalent of the discovery of how to create fire, or the invention of iron. Of course it will likely take many more decades at least before we can scale this and use it in a more practical way. Nevertheless, maybe I'm being melodramatic but I really feel like we have very clearly just entered into a new age as a civilization and species.
- innomatics 7y agoMelodramatic... perhaps. I don't see it as brain to brain. Eyes are clearly required to stare at the yes or no pulses for the sender's. Seems like an extremely low bandwidth way to digitise 'thoughts'. Also a bit skeptical about the receipt of this single bit of information being directly into the brain. Essentialy zapping part of the brain to cause a perceived flash. It's and incredible gap still toward encoding something as complex as a real thought.