A Mexican Scientist Just Invented a ‘Telekinesis’ Helmet
A researcher just made a remarkable breakthrough in the area of brain-computer interfaces—creating a rig that allows a user to operate machines with thought alone, almost literally granting a form of ‘telekinesis’ over attached devices.
Brain-computer interfaces are a rapidly expanding area of research and industry. Though the technology to read brainwaves from the head’s surface has been around for decades, scientists and engineers have only recently created numerous systems to read signals directly from the brain and translate them into commands that control computers.
In the future, these technologies could allow people with physical disabilities to control their environment through thought alone—the brain-computer interface effectively grants users a form of telekinesis. With an increasingly digital world, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) could allow future generations to interact with technology telepathically. Many of the early BCI studies were promising, but the technology was difficult to use and mentally exhausting.
