http://www.8bithero.co.uk/2007/09/12/bci-brain-controller-video-gaming/ Autonomous Gamer Geeks Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:09:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.8bithero.co.uk/2007/09/12/bci-brain-controller-video-gaming/#comment-2719 Jeriaska Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:21:03 +0000 http://www.8bithero.co.uk/2007/09/12/bci-brain-controller-video-gaming/#comment-2719 Having brain-computer interfaces could offer immersive virtual reality experiences in leisure and considerably speed technological development at work, seeing as computer circuits process information millions of times faster than what our mammalian neurons are capable of. But if you were directly connected to the web via your biological hardware, you would need elaborate firewalls to ensure that nobody could hack into your brain. You can see Neuromancer and Ghost in the Shell 1 & 2 for thought experiments on this idea. Having brain-computer interfaces could offer immersive virtual reality experiences in leisure and considerably speed technological development at work, seeing as computer circuits process information millions of times faster than what our mammalian neurons are capable of. But if you were directly connected to the web via your biological hardware, you would need elaborate firewalls to ensure that nobody could hack into your brain. You can see Neuromancer and Ghost in the Shell 1 & 2 for thought experiments on this idea.

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