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Thanks to UW professor of computer science and engineering , who serves as the lead author on the team鈥檚 latest study, 鈥済reat minds think alike鈥� is no longer just a phrase, but a fact.
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- Read a聽聽by Rao and Stocco about possible uses of sending thoughts directly between brains.
The noninvasive technology 鈥� which currently allows one person鈥檚 brain to control another person鈥檚 hand motions from miles away via transmissions sent over the Internet 鈥� is rapidly changing the field.
Next up? Putting a $1 million W.M. Keck Foundation grant toward further developing brain-to-brain technology to one day transmit complex ideas and thoughts.
“The new study brings our brain-to-brain interfacing paradigm from an initial demonstration to something that is closer to a deliverable technology,” said co-author聽, assistant professor of psychology and researcher at UW鈥檚聽.
The project could also eventually lead to 鈥渂rain tutoring,鈥� in which knowledge is transferred directly from the brain of a teacher to a student.
Imagine someone who鈥檚 a brilliant scientist but not a brilliant teacher. Complex knowledge is hard to explain
鈥� we鈥檙e limited by language.
– Co-author , assistant professor of psychology and researcher at UW鈥檚聽