The Wizard's Hat
Britt and Ellie experience the cutting-edge technology making mind-melding a reality.
Britt Wray and Ellie Cosgrave ask how can we meld machinery and our minds? Is it possible to create seamless communication between human brains and computers?
Inventors and scientists, including Elon Musk, are fascinated by brain-machine interfacing. Not only do they hope we鈥檒l be able to control technology with our thoughts 鈥� they are working towards humans being able to transmit information directly into one another鈥檚 brains. It鈥檚 taking factual ideas to sensory inputs.
So, don the wizard鈥檚 hat (and your headphones) and enter Tomorrow鈥檚 World. Join the conversation online using #MyTomorrow
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