First wireless implanted brain-computer interface

RAMA · March 17 2013, 01:11 PM

Obviously an important advance for some disabled, but the eventual widespread uses are clear.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...G7s4vLQ.reddit

Maestro · March 17 2013, 04:11 PM

"We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."

sojourner · March 17 2013, 05:31 PM

The problem I have with something like this is the problem of replacement. Who wants to have brain surgery every time a new improved model comes out?

publiusr · March 17 2013, 09:02 PM

Well a workaround is to have very basic electronic interfaces in the brain itself one time. One surgery. You wear whatever is the latest tech in a hat with the connection directly above the implant.

New tech? New hat--maybe...red hat even?

It's not that big a deal. Airplanes have avionics boxes that slide in and out after all.

sojourner · March 17 2013, 11:16 PM

And yet, people are not airplanes.

Crazy Eddie · March 18 2013, 04:12 AM

It's just a wireless version of the BrainGate. Not that big a breakthrough, really, considering the proliferation of wifi/bluetooth enabled devices.

I'm seeing that they still haven't significantly streamlined or developed the actual braingate architecture, though. Seems a tad disappointing.

gturner · March 18 2013, 06:05 AM

Well, it would be kind of stupid to put the wiring directly into a human brain. It would make more sense to pick a creature with a much simpler anatomy and neural structure, such as a worm, to develop and test the technology. Then you just have to put the pre-wired worms into people's brains and extract them when it's time for an upgrade.

Silvercrest · March 18 2013, 06:40 AM

Oh, I get it. "JAFFA! KREE!"

gturner · March 18 2013, 09:12 AM

Or "Khaaaaannnnnn!"

They could also try interfacing a fish to Google translate and then stick it somebody's ear.

Lt. Cheka Wey · March 27 2013, 07:15 PM

I am perfectly satisfied with the way i use the computer right now.

Gov Kodos · March 28 2013, 09:55 AM

As is hauling unwanted crap out of my computer isn't enough, I can dig it out of my brain. Not likely to happen anyway, but that's what we'd get. The Internet and all its idiocy in ones head, all the time.

March 17 2013, 01:11 PM	#1
RAMA Vice Admiral Location: NJ, USA	First wireless implanted brain-computer interface Obviously an important advance for some disabled, but the eventual widespread uses are clear. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...G7s4vLQ.reddit __________________ “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”—Stephen R. Covey

March 17 2013, 04:11 PM	#2
Maestro Vice Admiral Location: Maestro	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface "We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile." __________________ "When Christians use Jesus for hate-mongering, they ruin Jesus for the rest of us." -Me.

March 17 2013, 05:31 PM	#3
sojourner Vice Admiral Location: I'm at WKRP	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface The problem I have with something like this is the problem of replacement. Who wants to have brain surgery every time a new improved model comes out? __________________ Baby, you and me were never meant to be, just maybe think of me once in a while...

March 17 2013, 09:02 PM	#4
publiusr Fleet Captain	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface Well a workaround is to have very basic electronic interfaces in the brain itself one time. One surgery. You wear whatever is the latest tech in a hat with the connection directly above the implant. New tech? New hat--maybe...red hat even? It's not that big a deal. Airplanes have avionics boxes that slide in and out after all.

March 17 2013, 11:16 PM	#5
sojourner Vice Admiral Location: I'm at WKRP	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface And yet, people are not airplanes. __________________ Baby, you and me were never meant to be, just maybe think of me once in a while...

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March 18 2013, 04:12 AM	#6
Crazy Eddie Rear Admiral Location: I'm in your ___, ___ing your ___	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface It's just a wireless version of the BrainGate. Not that big a breakthrough, really, considering the proliferation of wifi/bluetooth enabled devices. I'm seeing that they still haven't significantly streamlined or developed the actual braingate architecture, though. Seems a tad disappointing. __________________ He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.

March 18 2013, 06:05 AM	#7
gturner Admiral Location: Kentucky	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface Well, it would be kind of stupid to put the wiring directly into a human brain. It would make more sense to pick a creature with a much simpler anatomy and neural structure, such as a worm, to develop and test the technology. Then you just have to put the pre-wired worms into people's brains and extract them when it's time for an upgrade.

March 18 2013, 06:40 AM	#8
Silvercrest Rear Admiral Location: Lost in Moria (Arlington, WA, USA)	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface Oh, I get it. "JAFFA! KREE!"

March 18 2013, 09:12 AM	#9
gturner Admiral Location: Kentucky	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface Or "Khaaaaannnnnn!" They could also try interfacing a fish to Google translate and then stick it somebody's ear.

March 27 2013, 07:15 PM	#10
Lt. Cheka Wey Lieutenant Commander	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface I am perfectly satisfied with the way i use the computer right now.

March 28 2013, 09:55 AM	#11
Gov Kodos Vice Admiral Location: Gov Kodos Regretably far from Boston	Re: First wireless implanted brain-computer interface As is hauling unwanted crap out of my computer isn't enough, I can dig it out of my brain. Not likely to happen anyway, but that's what we'd get. The Internet and all its idiocy in ones head, all the time. __________________ “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi