Scientists Watch Thoughts Form in the Brain

Re:Scientists Watch Thoughts Form in the Brain by Natanael_L on Thursday August 25, 2016 @06:08PM (#12362875)

My personal scifi idea: induce the growth of such a cluster of nerves in the neck, manipulate some of them to better respond to specific stimuli as an input, and try to force the brain to rewire itself to use the other nerves in the cluster as an output (not sure how to do this, but see reinforcement [1] for my current idea).

[1] http://qz.com/757516/paraplegics-are-learning-to-walk-again-...

Then you make a necklace as an interface with the noninvasive BCI hardware, communicating through your skin. (considering all the other noninvasive options, a necklace seems to be the most appropriate IMHO)

I've got no idea on how to make the nerves susceptible enough for it to provide useful bandwidth, but maybe a properly primed stemcell injection could provide the growth of usable nerves for it.

From there you can give the brain new senses via various sensors, give us high speed mental computer interfaces (awesome for quick calculations) and ditch the need for physical remote controls.

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Re:Scientists Watch Thoughts Form in the Brain by nbadg on Thursday August 25, 2016 @06:35PM (#12363027)

> and try to force the brain to rewire itself to use the other nerves in the cluster as an output

I think that's very likely to be innately possible, given both research like you linked, as well as existing animal experiments with BCI. The brain is just an incredibly impressive thing.

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