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Jacking into the Brain--Is the Brain the Ultimate Computer Interface?
http://www.thepriceofrice.com/2008/11/jacking-into-brain-is-...
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12 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 22 hours agoFuturists and science-fiction writers speculate about a time when brain activity will merge with computers.
Technology now exists that uses brain signals to control a cursor or prosthetic arm. How much further development of brain-machine interfaces might progress is still an imponderable.
It is at least possible to conceive of inputting text and other high-level information into an area of the brain that helps to form new memories. But the technical hurdles to achieving this task probably require fundamental advances in understanding the way the brain functions.
Tags: futurism,singularity
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