News New high-fidelity brain-computer interface is so small it can fit between hair follicles

[Admin]

Researchers from Georgia Tech have developed a tiny, minimally invasive, brain-computer interface which they reckon is perfect for everyday use.

New high-fidelity brain-computer interface is so small it can fit between hair follicles : Read more

 

[Mindstab Thrull]

"Only 12 hours" for now. I bet by the end of the decade, someone will have found a way to make it last at least 24 hours. I certainly hope so! By 2040 maybe a permanent fixture for people with mobility issues?

 

[edzieba]

Note that these constitute a more portable EEG net (e.g. for monitoring in activities where a tethered cap may risk being dislodged or limited by the cabling). This is not comparable to BCIs like Neuralink/Utah arrays/Michigan arrays etc that interface directly with individual neurons. There is also no possibility of feeding back signal to the brain, unlike with invasive BCIs.

 

[A Stoner]

I really detest the idea that the human brain only functions at some ultra slow rate.

If in fact it does operate at a very slow rate, that slow rate is based upon having effect of having a fully fleshed out 'byte' being equivalent to 1024 bits or more.

The researchers who come up with these ridiculous tropes are trying to minimize humanity because they feel like their technology should be superior, but in every single way their technology has failed to truly shine.

 

[Dementoss]

Recent research suggested that human thought runs at a leisurely 10 bits per second, so we might also need a brain overclocking upgrade to make the most of an advanced BCI's potential...

I really detest the idea that the human brain only functions at some ultra slow rate.

If in fact it does operate at a very slow rate, that slow rate is based upon having effect of having a fully fleshed out 'byte' being equivalent to 1024 bits or more.

The researchers who come up with these ridiculous tropes are trying to minimize humanity because they feel like their technology should be superior, but in every single way their technology has failed to truly shine.

I think the claim that the human brain runs so slowly, is ridiculous. How do they think an F1 driver could control an extremely fast F1 car, at the limit, whilst racing against others, if the brain was so slow?

 

[PurpleSquid]

I think the claim that the human brain runs so slowly, is ridiculous. How do they think an F1 driver could control an extremely fast F1 car, at the limit, whilst racing against others, if the brain was so slow?

I haven't done much searching but from what I've been able to find, while the human brain runs quite slow at the before said 10 bits per second, sensory input runs quite alot higher at billions of bits per second, which would explain how f1 drivers can control their cars.

 

[SomeoneElse23]

Look out for the cyborgs.

 

[A Stoner]

I haven't done much searching but from what I've been able to find, while the human brain runs quite slow at the before said 10 bits per second, sensory input runs quite alot higher at billions of bits per second, which would explain how f1 drivers can control their cars.

It takes lots of decision making to put to use that sensory input. Your argument, like the researchers makes no sense. I could believe that maybe we can only make 10 decisions per second, but that is a far cry from 10 bits.

I mean, just typing out a single character of a word on a keyboard requires a minimum of 7 bits of information...

 

[PurpleSquid]

It takes lots of decision making to put to use that sensory input. Your argument, like the researchers makes no sense. I could believe that maybe we can only make 10 decisions per second, but that is a far cry from 10 bits.

I mean, just typing out a single character of a word on a keyboard requires a minimum of 7 bits of information...

As I said I did not do much research, neither was I arguing, I was pointing out the other facts as people where focusing only on how the brain is 10 bits per second