Ian and Jesse discuss using a brain to directly control a computer. It's happening now, and the future of brain-computer interfaces has a lot of promise, but there may be a dark side. How could we benefit from things like telepathic communication, literally combining brains to work on a problem, or even feeling the emotions of others far away?
Links to topics discussed: Brain Waves - Be careful! There's lots of new-age pseudoscience nonsense about brain waves on the Internet. Dr. Bin He's lab Brain controlled drones video Book discussing "brainish," the brain's internal language One monkey's brain controlling another's body Paralyzed man walks using brain-computer interface and avatar Rat and monkey neural networks Split brains Project Cyborg
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