Direct Brain-to-Brain
Communication Between Humans Demonstrated!
In an experiment that one rival scientist dubbed a
"stunt", Spanish researchers claim to be the first to
have demonstrated direct brain-to-brain communication between humans. A team of researchers led by
Giulio Ruffini, CEO of Starlab in Barcelona, successfully transmitted the words "hola" and "ciao" in binary
code from the brain of a person in India to the brains
of three people in France. Electroencephalography
(EEG), which monitors electric currents in the brain
was used to record the information from the sender's
brain and robotized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) which causes neurons to fire from an electric current that is generated by a rapidly changing
magnetic field, was used to deliver the message to the
brains of the receivers in France.
For years, researchers have been developing noninvasive systems for translating information directly
from the human brain to the computer. These systems
called brain-computer interface often involve brain activity-sensing tools such as EEG, functional NearInfrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imagine (fMRI).
“We are all
now
connected
by
internet,
like neurons
in a giant
brain.”