Hooking up brains to machines could be the ‘next big thing’ for gaming

It may sound like science fiction, but brain-machine interfaces (BMI) will eventually come to our devices. It’s just a matter of time. The technology has been actively researched since 1969, before consumer computers even existed, when a researcher showed that monkeys could amplify their brain signals to control a needle on a dial. Today, researchers are making strides to bring brain-machine interfaces closer to reality. Stanford researchers successfully created an interface for brain-controlled typing where users simply imagine their own hand movements to move an on-screen cursor, helping paralyzed users communicate. Startup CTRL-Labs has figured out a way to make the brain-machine…

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https://ift.tt/2QAtvI2 Katie Jansen September 15, 2018 at 09:00AM