The telepathic cyborg lives, sort of. University of Washington scientists
Rajesh Rao and
Andrea Stocco
claim that they are the first to demonstrate human brain-to-brain
communication. Rao sent a signal into a Stocco's brain via the Internet
that caused him to move his right hand. Brain-to-brain communication has
previously been demonstrated
between rats and from
humans to rats.
"The experiment is a proof in concept. We have tech to reverse
engineer the brain signal and transmit it from one brain to another via
computer," said
Chantel Prat, an assistant professor of psychology who worked on the project.
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The schematic diagram shows how the brainwave signal was transferred from one brain to another.
(Credit:
University of Washington)
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