Scientists from the Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina, building on their previous work with brain-machine interfaces have connected the brains of lab rats, allowing one to communicate directly to another via cables.
The implants allowed signals to be sent from one rat to another, creating the first ever brain-to-brain interface. The devices allowed sensory and motor signals to be sent across the interface, even if the interface nodes were thousands of miles apart.
The interfaces do not have to be connected to another brain, but can also be connected to a variety of sensor. The team interfaced on rat with infra-red detectors, allowing the animal to "touch" infra-red energy directly.
Although the signals were in real time, results did not occur instantly. Training for 1 hour a day for 45 days eventually brought a success rate of close to 70%.
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or the Scientific Reports article here
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