Introduction
For many decades, scientists are working on mind-controlled
technologies. According to researchers, in the future, it is possible for
scientists and neurosurgeons to control over the most complex network of the
human brain which always helps in their Homework . In the future people could drive a car using nothing but the power
of the mind. As the research is going on self-driving cars, driver less cars
wouldn’t seem so attractive then. Some years ago the thought of the driver less
cars seemed like a distant possibility, something too good to be true. The
question arises from here, is how further we let our scientists go in the field
of advancement before it messes with the underlying morals and ethics and is it
too late to get back?
The mind-controlled technology that scientists are working
is not new. At the beginning of the 1920s, researchers and scientists
discovered the electrical activity in the human brain and invented
electroencephalography (EEG). The purpose of EEG is to monitor the method to
record the electrical activity of the brain. It was observed that neurons
conveyed information via electrical ‘spikes’. Electrical spikes can be recorded
using a thin metal wire or electrode.
Do we use mind monitoring today?
As a matter of fact, we do need mind motoring devices. As a
keyboard, mouse, touch screens or even voice recognition were a thing of past
to come. It would be awesome if we would just need to think and make our gadget
do whatever we wish to. EEG Smart touch is a wearable device that lets people
control drones and toys by using the power of the mind. Mind wave is also
another example it is also a wearable device where an individual can play games
and do etc with the power of the mind.
Research has done so far
We can integrate mind control technology to provide
accessibility for the people who have been fully paralyzed or have lost limbs.
The surgeons at Josh Hopkins University School of medicine fitted 128 electrode
sensors on a man’s motor cortex, which enable him to move the individual
fingers of his bionic arm. The simple idea behind this technology is to inject
energy into one part of the brain network to the other parts of the network.
These techniques are known as deep brain stimulation techniques.
Conclusion
The researchers, scientists, and surgeons are looking
forward to the advancement of this technology to use it to control the mind of
humans, but who knows in the future its uses remain ethical and don’t get used
by the wrong people. Connecting our brain to the technology may be the natural
progression, but we can’t let technology to rule out the moral complications
and possess risks to the individual. The use of this technology could have
serious repercussions in the military. There is a need to address these issues
before it is too late to put back the genie in the bottle.
