Thought communication and control: a first step using radiotelegraphy

@inproceedings{Warwick2004ThoughtCA,
  title={Thought communication and control: a first step using radiotelegraphy},
  author={Kevin Warwick and Mark Gasson and Benjamin Hutt and Iain Goodhew and Peter J. Kyberd and Henning Schulzrinne and X. Wu},
  year={2004}
}
A signalling procedure is described involving a connection, via the Internet, between the nervous system of an able-bodied individual and a robotic prosthesis, and between the nervous systems of two able-bodied human subjects. Neural implant technology is used to directly interface each nervous system with a computer. Neural motor unit and sensory receptor recordings are processed real-time and used as the communication basis. This is seen as a first step towards thought communication, in which… 
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