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Subject The Mind - Machine Revolution / Brain - Computer Interface

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Original Message Throughout human history, major technological breakthroughs have enhanced our civilization. First we had the Industrial Revolution, followed by the Electronics Revolution and the Information Revolution. What is next? Our world is on the verge of the Mind-Machine Revolution.

Technologies throughout recorded history have progressed from crude stone tools used by small groups of people to high-speed microprocessors that drive massive amounts of data to billions of people throughout the global information-based community. Whether it is a flint knife, a steam locomotive or a telecommunications satellite, every tool or machine invented shares a commonality in that it extends and amplifies physical human influence.

Until recently, human beings have had to use their bodies to control machines. Pressing a button to activate a sequence of preset functions or moving levers and steering wheels to alter the functions of devices or their subcomponents are just a few of many examples. These tools serve as effective, yet limited, extensions of the physical body. Mainstream scientists and researchers are presently striving to bypass mechanistic interaction. They are attempting to directly control devices using thought processes. These brain-device interfaces have thus far fallen into two main categories.

The first category consists of direct measurement and computer processing of electrical signals associated with biological life forms. This methodology encompasses either brainwave detectors attached to the skull (EEG) or the use of electrodes being connected directly to nerves within the brain.

The second category is the direct mind influence on matter and energy...

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