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In the previous posts I pointed out the current status and limitations of BCI, Brain Computer Interface, showing that at the moment there is a tradeoff to be taken between higher precision and sensitivity provided by implanted electrodes/chip and non invasive interfaces. I also pointed out that at present interfacing …

4. Reverse communications, from the computer to the brain If it is difficult to communicate from the brain to a computer the reverse is close to impossible. Now, I know you should “never say never” and indeed some progress has been made but before looking into technology promises let’s consider …

In 2016 DARPA announced a program aiming at creating technologies to capture the brain’s activity at high resolution, meaning that one could look at activities of single neurones. The first target is to “read” up to a million neurones in parallel and researchers are confident that will be achieved at …

Data upload to the brain (and from the brain) The Imperial College Foresight study includes Data upload to the brain as a disruptive technology that might happen in the 2040 timeframe. This is part of a more general evolution seeing the mirroring of a person, and a person brain, in …

Dream reading and recording If you google for “dream reading” you’ll get plenty of pointers to sites that are supposedly helping in understanding the “magic” revealed by dreams. That goes back centuries and millennia to the times of soothsayers that are still flourishing today. Freud moved dream interpretation to a …

Science fiction is about to be superseded by science. Have you ever dreamt of downloading a book content in your brain (particularly a book you had to study at school) saving you the time of reading? I bet you did. Now, we are not there yet, but what seemed to …

Why not take the Internet of Things to the Oceans? That’s the plan of DARPA. On January 4th, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia-US, prospective proposers will gather to discuss ideas that can lead to a floating internet of things. DARPA is looking for affordable and effective solutions that can harvest data …

Decision Making Technologies   A crucial aspect for autonomous systems, be it a drone, a manufacturing robot, a self driving car is the ability to take decisions in real time. Notice that the decision making capability is actually a variety of degrees from a fully controlled system (from a third …