• Question: Will we ever controll telekniszez

    Asked by mrgucci to Alex, Jools, Matt, Rika on 22 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Matthew Dickinson

      Matthew Dickinson answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      telekinesis has been suggested in the past to be possible, however I don’t think we will be able to do this without the use of technology, the device in the link I think is the first effort to allow the control of everyday things with our minds. However a Pro Kevin Warrick of Reading Uni once had tech surgically implanted into his body so he could control things in the building with his mind. Think of it this way if we can control computers now with tech what could we do in another 20 years.

    • Photo: Chandrika Nair

      Chandrika Nair answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      I agree with Matt that any form of technology-based telekinesis (not a superpower or magic…) would probably be an extension of brain-computer interfaces that exist today.

      There have been ‘brain caps’ made for paraplegics (people paralysed from the waist down) that allow them to control light switches and even play games (pong i think) on a computer using their thoughts alone.

      I also found this article about applying this to gaming: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7254078.stm

      Perhaps one day we can use the same technology to control robots.

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