Learning Like Neo? Matrix-Style Learning Might Be Here - Technology - GOOD

Remember in the Matrix movies where characters could learn new skills and information by directly uploading the data directly into their brains? Well it turns out that we are close to achieving such feats.

The researchers were able to "use decoded functional magnetic resonance imaging to induce brain activity patterns to match a previously known target state." In other words, a person seeking to learn a topic would watch a computer screen and have her brain patterns modified to match those of a person who already knows the content or how to do something.

I must admit that I prefer this method - through the visual cortex - instead of a hardware physically jacked into my head.


Learning Like Neo? Matrix-Style Learning Might Be Here - Technology - GOOD

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