Using Thoughts to Control Airplanes
From: Wirelesss Design & Development - 05/27/2014

Technische Universität München researchers demonstrate: Brain controlled
flight is possible

Pilots of the future could be able to control their aircraft by merely
thinking commands. Scientists of the Technische Universität München and the
TU Berlin have now demonstrated the feasibility of flying via brain control -
with astonishing accuracy. 

The pilot is wearing a white cap with myriad attached cables. His gaze is
concentrated on the runway ahead of him. All of a sudden the control stick
starts to move, as if by magic. The airplane banks and then approaches
straight on towards the runway. The position of the plane is corrected time
and again until the landing gear gently touches down. During the entire
maneuver the pilot touches neither pedals nor controls. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2014/05/using-thoughts-control-airplanes

Links:
Florian Holzapfel
http://www.professoren.tum.de/en/holzapfel-florian/

Brainflight
http://brainflight.org/

Institute of Flight System Dynamics
http://www.mw.tum.de/index.php?cid=907

Thought-Controlled Flight Reaches the Runway 
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/thought-controlled-flight-reaches-the-runway/