Key points from article :
PAST:
2008 – BrainGate patient controls computer cursor using a chip embedded into his motor cortex.
PRESENT:
BrainGate patient controls multi-jointed robotic arm.
patients with extreme depression undergo “deep brain stimulation” (DBS)
IMMININENT:
Pilots control more features of increasingly complex aircraft.
Psychologically “normal” people enhance their day-to-day happiness.
FUTURE:
Creation of new, rich, unique emotional experiences that humans are presently not privy to.
controlling extra limbs with the same intuitive dexterity as our own hands and fingers.
