First Human Brain-To-Brain Interface

[Alex_Spider]

Researcher Controls Colleague's Motions in First Human Brain-To-Brain Interface
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130827122713.htm

Aug. 27, 2013 — University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motions of a fellow researcher.

Using electrical brain recordings and a form of magnetic stimulation, Rajesh Rao sent a brain signal to Andrea Stocco on the other side of the UW campus, causing Stocco's finger to move on a keyboard.
While researchers at Duke University have demonstrated brain-to-brain communication between two rats, and Harvard researchers have demonstrated it between a human and a rat, Rao and Stocco believe this is the first demonstration of human-to-human brain interfacing.

"The Internet was a way to connect computers, and now it can be a way to connect brains," Stocco said. "We want to take the knowledge of a brain and transmit it directly from brain to brain."
The researchers captured the full demonstration on video recorded in both labs. The version available at the end of this story has been edited for length.

Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans: A Pilot Study
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNRDc714W5I

A video of example trials from a pilot study of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans conducted by Rajesh Rao, Andrea Stocco, and colleagues at the U of Washington, Seattle. For details, see:
http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~rao/brain2brain/

 

[DarkSentinel]

Creepy. I want it t:

 

[Alex_Spider]

Isn't this something similar to how the pilots in Pacific Rim connected their brains?

 

[DarkSentinel]

I think that was "bridging" so they could interact better/smoother. This is slave, so one brain has complete control of the other.

 

[Alex_Spider]

Oh yeah you're right.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Next you're gonna tell me they want to drift with a kaiju

 

[Alex_Spider]

Next you're gonna tell me they want to drift with a kaiju

lol. Well everyone's got to start from somewhere

 

[DarkSentinel]

Next you're gonna tell me they want to drift with a kaiju

We've already established that that's not possible

Get out of here!

t:

 

[cabel]

It's all fun and games till someone becomes a super villian!

 

[Mike_D202]

Brain manipulation.

Edward Nigma?

 

[NickNitro]

^ This. This brain manipulation could go soo wrong soo quickly. What are the upsides of being about to control someones actions? I see none.

 

[KevanG]

And next we'll be having assassinations everywhere.