Scientists Linked Human Brain With The Internet For The First Time

The realm of science fiction has always had this idea of people being able to hook up to the internet and use their minds to interface with cyberspace. There has been a major development on this front with scientists actually connecting the human brain to the internet. The news is already spreading fast, with tech publications marveling over the project called “Brainternet.”

In the press release that the researchers published, the researchers explained how they were able to connect the brain directly to the internet and interface with it in real-time. This means that controlling website interactions or even items connected to the Internet of Things just became a lot more interesting.

Adam Pantanowitz is the person responsible for bringing the “Brainternet” into existence. He makes it clear that this is a new frontier in not only neuro science but also in brain-computer concepts.

"Brainternet is a new frontier in brain-computer interface systems. There is a lack of easily understood data about how a human brain works and processes information. Brainternet seeks to simplify a person's understanding of their own brain and the brains of others. It does this through continuous monitoring of brain activity as well as enabling some interactivity," Pantanowitz said.

Right now, the technology is still in its early phase and the researchers make it clear that there is a lot of progress to be made. There are plenty more improvements in how the brain can interact with smartphones that can be implemented as well, Futurism reports.

"Ultimately, we're aiming to enable interactivity between the user and their brain so that the user can provide a stimulus and see the response. Brainternet can be further improved to classify recordings through a smart phone app that will provide data for a machine-learning algorithm. In future, there could be information transferred in both directions – inputs and outputs to the brain," Pantanowitz explains.