Scientists developing device to 'hack' into brain
Jun 25, 2012 8:59:11 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on Jun 25, 2012 8:59:11 GMT -5
Scientists developing device to 'hack' into brain of Stephen Hawking 
Stephen Hawking is testing out a groundbreaking device to allow him to communicate through brain waves in a project that scientists have likened to 'hacking into his brain.'
Hawking, 70, has been working with scientists at Standford University who are developing a the iBrain - a tool which picks up brain waves and communicates them via a computer.
The scientist, who has motor neurone disease and lost the power of speech nearly 30 years ago, currently uses a computer to communicate but is losing the ability as the condition worsens.
But he has been working with Philip Low, a professor at Stanford and inventor of the iBrain, a brain scanner that measures electrical activity.
"We'd like to find a way to bypass his body, pretty much hack his brain," said Prof Low.
Researchers will unveil their latest results at a conference in Cambridge next month, and may demonstrate the technology on Hawking.
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/stephen-hawking/9352358/Scientists-developing-device-to-hack-into-brain-of-Stephen-Hawking.html
Stephen Hawking is testing out a groundbreaking device to allow him to communicate through brain waves in a project that scientists have likened to 'hacking into his brain.'
Hawking, 70, has been working with scientists at Standford University who are developing a the iBrain - a tool which picks up brain waves and communicates them via a computer.
The scientist, who has motor neurone disease and lost the power of speech nearly 30 years ago, currently uses a computer to communicate but is losing the ability as the condition worsens.
But he has been working with Philip Low, a professor at Stanford and inventor of the iBrain, a brain scanner that measures electrical activity.
"We'd like to find a way to bypass his body, pretty much hack his brain," said Prof Low.
Researchers will unveil their latest results at a conference in Cambridge next month, and may demonstrate the technology on Hawking.
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/stephen-hawking/9352358/Scientists-developing-device-to-hack-into-brain-of-Stephen-Hawking.html