A DARPA-funded research team has demonstrated for the first time in a human a technology that allows an individual to experience the sensation of touch directly in the brain through a neural interface system connected to a robotic arm. By enabling two-way communication between brain and machine—outgoing signals for movement and inbound signals for sensation—the technology could ultimately support new ways for people to engage with each other and with the world.
The work was supported by DARPA’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics program, and performed by the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Learn more: http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2016-10-13
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@flamentolivier2560
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMbut not for disabled people also can apply it crime and weaponize.
@xanthonyjame
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMWhere are you on BCI now? Update video?
@NicholasNerios
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMThat is so amazing. Extremity invasive, but the results speak for them self.
@NicholasSaliva
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMCould one virtually send pain signals to a brain? Could we send feeling or thought to one another virtually?
@Justin-px1fm
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMThere is technology that can interpret our brain activity remotely without any physical device on the subject. We are being tested on by private corporations and no one knows about it or can prove it.
@InnovativeSaint
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMIf it can make a man see, it can make a man blind. If it can make him god it can make him… a zombie?
@d.h.601
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMHow many tax dollars were wasted on this
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02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMGood work guys!
@kjones6515
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMThere are people using this technology and without implants. They are using satellite. I'm a victim. They can transfer sense, touch and smell. I'm harassed everyday.
@NegashAbdu
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMThis only needs to be perfected. It is a game changer.
@rmdhn1
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMNow the only thing is cramming it tiny enough to fit all the equipment and power as a prosthetic and not have it clunky
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@MMD88
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMHow come I only discovered this now? Most current brain computer interfaces being developed seem focused on sending the data from the brain to the computer, while that is important I feel like sending stuff from a computer to the brain is just as important if not more and somehow this is the only case I’ve seen that actually does that. This is huge not just for people with disabilities but for normal people as well.
@aaronwhite5803
02/24/2025 - 1:45 AMI feel like this really opens up the future for human development. I can see a slightly more advanced version of this interface being used for an on board computer that acts like a secondary subconscious. It'll really take that "You won't always have a calculator on you." thing teachers always said to the next level.
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