In one of the latest technological breakthroughs that sounds straight out of a science fiction flick, scientists have created a way to intertwine the consciousness of three people.
Pioneering neuroscientists discovered a way to let three people share their thoughts with
In one of the latest technological breakthroughs that sounds straight out of a science fiction flick, scientists have created a way to intertwine the consciousness of three people.
Pioneering neuroscientists discovered a way to let three people share their thoughts with each other. At this point they are able to play a Tetris-like game together. As crazy as it may sound, the group of scientists responsible for this technology believe they can scale this up monumentally to include a vast network of humans.
The scientists responsible for the new technology have called it BrainNet. They say they could use it to link many brains together across the internet.
They say it works through a mixture of electroencephalograms (EEGs) which scan the electrical signals of brain activity, and trans-cranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). TMS in layman’s terms is a way to stimulate neurons by utilizing magnetic fields.
The team of scientists claim this new technology will help researchers understand more about the human brain.
The scientists said, “We present BrainNet which, to our knowledge, is the first multi-person non-invasive direct brain-to-brain interface for collaborative problem solving. The interface allows three human subjects to collaborate and solve a task using direct brain-to-brain communication.”
This is the first time that three brains have been linked together. In the recent past scientists successfully were able to link two brains together to play a game of 20 questions. Answering was limited to yes and no.
What do you think? Is this technology something that you believe will be beneficial, or detrimental for humanity?