Researcher Gains Control Of Colleague's Body With "Brain-Control Cap" - Polidicks

[QUOTE]In the first demonstration of human brain-to-brain control, a scientist wearing an electrical brain-signal reading cap triggered motion in his colleague across campus. On Aug. 12, University of Washington researcher Rajesh Rao sent the finger-flicking brain signal to his colleague, Andrea Stocco, in a first demonstration of human-to-human brain control, according to [URL="http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/08/27/researcher-controls-colleagues-motions-in-1st-human-brain-to-brain-interface/"]a university announcement[/URL]. A [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNRDc714W5I"]video[/URL] of the experiment released on the lab team's website shows Rao observing a cannon-firing video game while wearing an electrical brain-signal reading cap. By imagining his right finger flicking during the game, he triggered the actual motion in Stocco, who sat in a distant lab, wearing a cap designed to send magnetic stimulation signals to his brain. In effect, Rao's thought was transferred across the campus, via the Internet, to trigger the motion in Stocco, who described it as feeling like an involuntary twitch, according to the announcement. "The Internet was a way to connect computers, and now it can be a way to connect brains," Stocco said, in a statement. "We want to take the knowledge of a brain and transmit it directly from brain to brain." The announcement follows a rapid series of advances in the field of brain-computer interfaces, devices that read brain signals and typically try to translate them into motions in robotic prosthetic arms or legs. Researchers at Duke University and Harvard have demonstrated the transfer of brain signals between rats, and from a person to a rat, as well. The researchers plan to publish the result in a scientific journal, Ma says, but wanted to establish the priority of their claim in a fast-moving field by making the announcement now.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/08/27/human-brain-remote/2709143/[/URL]

This is really cool, but some of the implications are a bit scary.

It's been done before, not sure if over internet like this. Basically a electromagnetic pulse can penetrate the brain and cause a neuron to go off. Pretty nifty, and there aren't many implications, it's rather impractical, you have to have a big helmet on to do anything big( i.e. twitching ). I don't believe that you can transfer thoughts without a probe in the mind or a portable MRI machine though

[QUOTE=Map in a box;41988364]It's been done before, not sure if over internet like this. Basically a electromagnetic pulse can penetrate the brain and cause a neuron to go off. Pretty nifty, and there aren't many implications, it's rather impractical, you have to have a big helmet on to do anything big( i.e. twitching ). I don't believe that you can transfer thoughts without a probe in the mind or a portable MRI machine though[/QUOTE] Yeah, the output is pretty much comparable to doing this [img]http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/4029/PreviewComp/SuperStock_4029R-393297.jpg[/img] Just magnetically and near the brain. It's not brain control, it's more muscle control. The input is pretty much the same thing, just the other way around. You can't really read a "thought", you read something that would normally lead to movement of a particular muscle.

nope

What would happen if you wore the cap and made movements?

Maybe it could be used for law enforcement. Make someone involuntarily open their hand to drop a weapon.

I'm usually very open to new scientific developments but this one makes me rather uncomfortable thinking about it.

[QUOTE=ScottyWired;41989473]I'm usually very open to new scientific developments but this one makes me rather uncomfortable thinking about it.[/QUOTE] It's a long way off before any of this could do anything You'd have more luck simply convincing people to do shit for you since walking around with a giant brain dome is incredibly suspicious

[QUOTE=ScottyWired;41989473]I'm usually very open to new scientific developments but this one makes me rather uncomfortable thinking about it.[/QUOTE] Every breakthrough in science has made at least one person uncomfortable.

[QUOTE=IKTM;41989444]Maybe it could be used for law enforcement. Make someone involuntarily open their hand to drop a weapon.[/QUOTE] But you'd have to throw the hat on their head first. It'd be like that Horseshoe game. But with expensive scientific equipment. My favourite kind!

[QUOTE=Tomthetechy;41989721]But you'd have to throw the hat on their head first. It'd be like that Horseshoe game. But with expensive scientific equipment. My favourite kind![/QUOTE] I was thinking of something wireless, but sure.

It's the worst kind of mind control, you're aware but can't do anything to stop something else from controlling your body.

[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;41988688][img]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/wallaceandgromit/images/c/cb/The-Wrong-Trousers-wallace-and-gromit-343158_500_375.jpg[/img] Calling it.[/QUOTE] Weren't those just remote-controlled robot legs though?