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Vikki_R. writes: "Wired has an article about grafting a microelectric circuit directly onto a human brain cell. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have been working on developing an interface between semiconductors and neurons. Imagine being able to give your computer a piece of your mind ..." Update: 11/25 22:54 GMT by T : Here's an earlier post linking to a different article on the same research.
It really seems to have no real purpose
I know brain to computer interface sounds good, meaning you can think and the computer translates thoughts into action.
However, direct physical interface is not the way.
Perhaps a patch which goes onto your skin is ok, but directly to your brain cells? Why make yuor braincells attach to a CPU?
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Is going to work. I mean I think we need to develop a brain to computer interface but directly to braincells? This guarentees no one will use it.
IT has to be something on the skin, or something on the head, not on the brain.
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The second we have a brain to computer interface.
The problem will be, How will the government "Control" what people think? IF people have telepathy, forget about national security. IF people can just think something to someone else, or connect to a globle internet of thoughts well then
Theres no way the government can easily say "You cannot think this, its illegal" But i'm sure they will try.
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Its stupid though, The brain has infinite space, unless you have some sorta disease where you lose your memory you dont need a harddrive.
Theres no computer which even comes close to matching the human brain at all except for perhaps math and logic.
And as far as brain to computer interface goes, hooking directly up to braincells is just not the right way to do it, I dont think its practical.
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