Mind-merge Computers Become Reality
From: BioTechniques - 10/28/2015 (yes, 2015)
By: Sarah C.P. Williams

Four brains are better than one - and not just if you're a zombie looking for
your next meal this Halloween. Researchers have created brain-machine
interfaces that allow input from multiple rat or monkey brains at once,
allowing them to solve computational programs or manipulate robotic movements
better than when a single animal controls the machine. The super-brains, or
"Brainets" (for brain networks) as the scientists have dubbed them, act like
living computers. They could one day be designed with human brains in mind to
enable collaborative problem solving, new forms of communication, or better
control of prosthetic limbs.

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