Thursday, January 03, 2019

BrainNet

"Brains of 3 People Have Been Successfully Connected, Enabling Them to Share Thoughts".

More details here:
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 combines electroencephalography (EEG) to record brain signals and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to deliver information noninvasively to the brain.

The interface allows three human subjects to collaborate and solve a task using direct brain-to-brain communication. Two of the three subjects are "Senders" whose brain signals are decoded using real-time EEG data analysis to extract decisions about whether to rotate a block in a Tetris-like game before it is dropped to fill a line. The Senders' decisions are transmitted via the Internet to the brain of a third subject, the "Receiver," who cannot see the game screen.

The decisions are delivered to the Receiver's brain via magnetic stimulation of the occipital cortex.

The Receiver integrates the information received and makes a decision using an EEG interface about either turning the block or keeping it in the same position...