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How Computer-Assisted Telepathy Helps Humans Communicate

The next phase of human evolution seems headed toward merging biological bodies with machines, and in the first video of Future You, Elise Hu gets connected to a network and plays a game her thoughts.
NPR's Elise Hu wears a cap that connects her to a network of other people playing a Tetris-like game at the University of Washington's Center for Neurotechnology.

Communicating through your thoughts alone is possible — with a little technical assistance.

Scientists at the University of Washington's Center for Neurotechnology have figured out how to network human minds together to collaborate to move Tetris-like shapes on a computer screen using only thoughts.

It works like this: Three players,

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