Brain-Computer Interfacing

Brain-Computer Interfacing is connecting the brain to a computer so it can manipulate objects on a screen, or run commands. In the longer term, BCI might be used to radically enhance intelligence -- outsourcing core decision-making processes to computers capable of performing superior judgments, for instance.

Current Status
Today, Brain-Computer Interfacing is crude. The most that has been accomplished is using BCI to allow a paralyzed patient to move a robotic arm and feed themselves. From the perspective of the paralyzed person, this is a very big deal.

Long Term Possibilities

 * integration of BCI with swarm robotics
 * computer-augmented visualization
 * dream recording
 * thought debugging
 * direct mind-to-mind communication
 * translation of "mentalese"
 * biofeedback, better self-awareness
 * direct thought recording and tagging