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Bridging brains

Language may limit us, but a groundbreaking technology developed by researchers at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ means communicating basic commands from one human brain to another is a new reality.

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Thanks to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor of computer science and engineering , who serves as the lead author on the team’s latest study, “great minds think alikeâ€� is no longer just a phrase, but a fact.

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  • Read a  by Rao and Stocco about possible uses of sending thoughts directly between brains.
Rajesh Rao
Rajesh Rao
Andrea Stocco
Andrea Stocco
Chantel Prat
Chantel Prat

The noninvasive technology — which currently allows one person’s brain to control another person’s hand motions from miles away via transmissions sent over the Internet — is rapidly changing the field.

Next up? Putting a $1 million W.M. Keck Foundation grant toward further developing brain-to-brain technology to one day transmit complex ideas and thoughts.

“The new study brings our brain-to-brain interfacing paradigm from an initial demonstration to something that is closer to a deliverable technology,” said co-author , assistant professor of psychology and researcher at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s .

The project could also eventually lead to “brain tutoring,� in which knowledge is transferred directly from the brain of a teacher to a student.

Imagine someone who’s a brilliant scientist but not a brilliant teacher. Complex knowledge is hard to explain
– we’re limited by language.

– Co-author , assistant professor of psychology and researcher at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s 

Video: The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ profiles the research study