Computer-Aided ESP Transmits Binary Numbers, Slowly

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 10, 2009 @08:50AM from the can't-be-sensory-and-extra-sensory dept.

High-C writes "Dr. Christopher James of the University of Southampton has demonstrated what is being termed 'Brain to Brain' communication. In binary, no less. In essence, one person imagined a binary number, which was picked up by an EEG and transmitted via the net to another PC. The received signal was displayed on LEDs flashing at two different frequencies. The receiver's EEG correctly deciphered the string, resulting in a 1:1 transmission of binary data via thought. The throughput isn't great so far, at .14 bits per second, but it's an incredibly geeky proof-of-concept all the same."

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NOT BRAIN TO BRAIN by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-10 08:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

There's a friggin LED in the middle.
1. Re:NOT BRAIN TO BRAIN by Joce640k · 2009-10-10 09:36 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Sombody is failing to understand the "Extra Sensory" part of "ESP", ie. you're not allowed to use any of the five senses.
  Besides ... if you have a radio link then why not just give them bluetooth headsets and let them talk to each other?
  
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