{"id":22883,"date":"2017-12-26T12:47:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T17:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/?p=22883"},"modified":"2019-03-12T12:05:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:05:21","slug":"human-brain-internet-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/human-brain-internet-real-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting the Human Brain to the Internet in Real Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of researchers at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has successfully connected a <\/span>human brain to the internet<\/span><\/a> in real time for the first time in history.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cbrainternet\u201d is the creation of <\/span>Adam Pantanowitz<\/span><\/a>, a lecturer in the university\u2019s School of Electrical & Information Engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI wanted to become the first person to live stream consciousness, and allow people to observe what I was doing in an open source way,\u201d said Pantanowitz.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is not exactly what came to be, as the content of thoughts are not revealed through this connection, but the streaming of brain wave data to the internet in real time still marks the creation of the world’s first Internet of Things (IoT) brain node.<\/span><\/p>\n

The technology works by broadcasting the brain waves collected by an electroencephalogram (EEG) machine onto the IoT. The IoT refers to the network of nontraditional computing systems which connect to the internet, including TVs, cable boxes, game systems, even some refrigerators — and now, the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n

To broadcast one\u2019s brain waves onto the IoT, one must wear a specially designed \u201cEmotiv EEG\u201d device developed by the researchers. This piece of technology interprets brain signals and projects them onto a website that can be accessed by anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n