Remember the 80s, when guys like William Gibson and Bruce Sterling gave us ridiculous visions of a future where you…

Remember the 80s, when guys like William Gibson and Bruce Sterling gave us ridiculous visions of a future where you could connect your brain to a worldwide network of computers, and powerful megacorporations dominated the world?

Crazy, right?

Originally shared by ExtremeTech

DARPA wants to connect our brains to the Internet. What could possibly go wrong?

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/221994-darpa-devotes-60m-to-making-an-implantable-wideband-brain-computer-interface

9 thoughts on “Remember the 80s, when guys like William Gibson and Bruce Sterling gave us ridiculous visions of a future where you…

  1. IT’S AN ILLUMINATI CONSPIRACY TO TURN US INTO OBEDIENT ZOMBIES!

    Jokes aside, I’ve been following news regarding BCIs for quite a while (they managed to fly a toy helicopter using “brain power” which was quite a breakthrough) and as fascinating as it is, I do believe it’s possible to the extent they fantasise about but that doesn’t mean it’s going to take place any time soon…unless the news dies down like it did for the invisibility cloak they were working on using microwaves. That’s another lame conspiracy theory that my mind discarded just as it started to make sense.

  2. IT’S AN ILLUMINATI CONSPIRACY TO TURN US INTO OBEDIENT ZOMBIES!

    Jokes aside, I’ve been following news regarding BCIs for quite a while (they managed to fly a toy helicopter using “brain power” which was quite a breakthrough) and as fascinating as it is, I do believe it’s possible to the extent they fantasise about but that doesn’t mean it’s going to take place any time soon…unless the news dies down like it did for the invisibility cloak they were working on using microwaves. That’s another lame conspiracy theory that my mind discarded just as it started to make sense.

  3. IT’S AN ILLUMINATI CONSPIRACY TO TURN US INTO OBEDIENT ZOMBIES!

    Jokes aside, I’ve been following news regarding BCIs for quite a while (they managed to fly a toy helicopter using “brain power” which was quite a breakthrough) and as fascinating as it is, I do believe it’s possible to the extent they fantasise about but that doesn’t mean it’s going to take place any time soon…unless the news dies down like it did for the invisibility cloak they were working on using microwaves. That’s another lame conspiracy theory that my mind discarded just as it started to make sense.

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