Kevin Warwick, the media friendly cybernetics professor at the University of Reading, claims that in a decade, people will have wireless networks in their heads that will enable direct mind-to-mind and mind-to-machine communications.
An excellent coverage of some of the ethical and social implications of research into brain-machine interfaces. The author takes a look at its potential for mind-control or intelligence augmentation, i.e. making humans into cyborgs.
Ray Kurzweil argues that "the union of human and machine is well on its way" through developments in nanotechnology, virtual reality, and brain-machine interfaces. He predicts that humanity will soon "vastly expand our intellect as we merge our biological brains with non-biological intelligence."
Researchers hope to use advances in computers, communications and neuroscience to medically enhance the mental acuity of future soldiers, while connecting their body and minds to smarter machines.