If this is repeatable, this experiment demonstrates that brain-to machine and brain-to-brain interfaces are possible with non-invasive, wearable technology. Not quite a vulcan mind meld, mind you, but certainly a step towards rather intriguing possibilities!
That is, as long as radicals and power-mongerers don't force "remote-control devices" onto every human they can. A new class of restraintment / crime could also arise as a result.
/via +Alexander Howard
Researcher controls colleague’s motions in 1st human brain-to-brain interface | UW Today
Using electrical brain recordings and a form of magnetic stimulation, Rajesh Rao sent a brain signal to Andrea Stocco on the other side of the UW campus, causing Stocco’s finger to move on a keyboard. While researchers at Duke University have demonstrated brain-to-brain communication between two …
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