Hacking into gray matter
Still other privacy experts are concerned about the very real possibility of a hacker hacking into a person's brain. Some envision criminal organizations--perhaps cyber intelligence agencies of enemy countries as well--hacking into unsuspecting targets and finding a way around any firewall. Once the security barriers of an iBrain have been breached, a brain dump can commence. Subverts attacks may leave an individual unaware of the intrusion, aggressive attacks might leave a targeted individual a veritable vegetable.
Chips in the old blockheads
Despite the privacy issues and inherent dangers, Intel's Pittsburgh lab and others continue to forge ahead towards that brave new world of iBrains.
Hurdles still exist. The brain must be decoded to permit a seamless mating of chips processing human thought. Yet impressive headway is being made. Recently reports surfaced that Intel's software engineers successfully used brain scans to match similar thoughts across an array of test subjects and define the brain wave activity to correlate with future chips tuned to create a symbiotic relationship between the silicon hardware of a chip and the bio-hardware of the human brain.
Dean Pomerleau of Intel is leading the effort with a research team and the assistance of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
But Pomerleau and Intel are far from alone in the efforts to establish a bionic brain. An implant system is being worked on by Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc. of Foxborough, Massachusettes. They call their device the "Braingate."
Maybe someday the timeworn saying, A chip off the old block will become A chip in the old blockhead.
Original Helium article here.
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Still other privacy experts are concerned about the very real possibility of a hacker hacking into a person's brain. Some envision criminal organizations--perhaps cyber intelligence agencies of enemy countries as well--hacking into unsuspecting targets and finding a way around any firewall. Once the security barriers of an iBrain have been breached, a brain dump can commence. Subverts attacks may leave an individual unaware of the intrusion, aggressive attacks might leave a targeted individual a veritable vegetable.
Chips in the old blockheads
Despite the privacy issues and inherent dangers, Intel's Pittsburgh lab and others continue to forge ahead towards that brave new world of iBrains.
Dean Pomerleau of Intel is leading the effort with a research team and the assistance of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
But Pomerleau and Intel are far from alone in the efforts to establish a bionic brain. An implant system is being worked on by Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc. of Foxborough, Massachusettes. They call their device the "Braingate."
Maybe someday the timeworn saying, A chip off the old block will become A chip in the old blockhead.
Original Helium article here.
Sources
Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers' Heads by 2020
Brain implants could control computers by 2020, Intel says
Intel wants a chip implant in your brain
Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020
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