Humans Play Computer Game Using Only Direct Brain Stimulation
From: ECN - 12/08/2016

In a paper published online Frontiers in Robotics and AI, University of
Washington researchers describe the first demonstration of humans playing a
simple, two-dimensional computer game using only input from direct brain
stimulation - without relying on any usual sensory cues from sight, hearing
or touch.

The subjects had to navigate 21 different mazes, with two choices to move
forward or down based on whether they sensed a visual stimulation artifact
called a phosphene, which are perceived as blobs or bars of light. To signal
which direction to move, the researchers generated a phosphene through
transcranial magnetic stimulation, a well-known technique that uses a
magnetic coil placed near the skull to directly and noninvasively stimulate a
specific area of the brain.

In the real world, even this type of simple input could help blind or visually
impaired individuals navigate.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2016/12/no-peeking-humans-play-computer-game-using-only-direct-brain-stimulation

Links:
Playing a computer game with brain stimulation (with vide0 1:10)
http://www.washington.edu/news/2016/12/05/no-peeking-humans-play-computer-game-using-only-direct-brain-stimulation

Darby Losey
http://ilabs.washington.edu/research-staff/bio/i-labs-darby-losey

Navigating a 2D Virtual World Using Direct Brain Stimulation
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2016.00072/full