Brain-Machine Interface is one of the most interesting and important scientific field of research. There has been tremendous progress over the last 5-7 years and some of these technologies are already available in the market. In this lecture I discuss some of the interesting aspects of this new technology.

1. Welcome to the Future
Amnon Carmel

2. Brain Machine Interface (BMI)
“We Know What We Are, But We Don’t Know
What We Can Become”
(William Shakespeare)

3. Understanding Humanity
• Genetics
Human Genome Project
Completed in 2005
Stem cells research
• Engineering biology
Cells, Tissue
Organs
Advanced mechanics
• Interacting with the brain
Amazing progress over the
last 5-7 years
The next big challenge...

4. The Matrix
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Terminator

5. In The Research Labs
• Remote controlled
cockroaches
• Monkeys control robotic
hands using neurons
• Robots with rat brains
• Cyborg insects
• Recording mice memory
to computer chips
• Reconstructing visual
images from the brain
2002
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6. Jesse Sullivan

7. 2 Years Later...

8. Bionic Eyes

9. Brain-Computer Interface

10. The Blue Brain Project
• Computer simulation of
the brain
• About 10,000 parallel
processors =
1 Millionth of the brain
• Complete set of
software tools
• In 5 years – a
complete mouse brain
• In 20 years (?) – a
complete human brain

11. What Does The Future Hold?
• Human Cyborgs
• Real VR
• Extended brain
capabilities
• Instant learning
• Dream manipulation
• Telepathy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Virtual Existence
Cyborg (Star Trek)
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12. Questions?
“If I had only known, I would have
been a locksmith” (Albert Einstein)