Computers cant match the human brain in many respects but computers are being taught to read brain activity allowing human beings to control them merely with the power of thought. Well come to you tomorrow today with an exploration of the human brain and the world of thought. Our brains are constantly working to take fission for example we see football a shot to the right. The ball is our range. Our eyes take in what we see that information is passed via the optic nerve to other parts of the brain in the form of electrical signals these signals can pass through the brains neurons at a speed of up to 120 meters a 2nd. At the connection linking one iran to another. The signal has to bridge the tiny gap known as the synoptic left before continuing on. Theres no one Central Location in the brain where a thought is developed we think by an entire network of neurons distributed across the brain. So detecting a single thought isnt easy but computers are learning to do just that. Getting ready
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Other parts of the brain in the form of electrical signals these signals can pass through the brains neurons at a speed of up to 120 meters a 2nd. At the connection linking one iran to another the signal has to bridge a tiny gap known as the snap tick left before continuing on. There is no one Central Location in the brain where a thought has developed we think by an entire network of neurons distributed across the brain. So detecting a single thought isnt easy but computers are learning to do just that. Getting ready to play a very special computer game one that doesnt require the use of your hands a game that slowly powered by useful. Its really interesting to try this out for myself and when i think that in 5 or 10 years time we could be turning the lights on and off at home like this its Pretty Amazing stuff not to respond is this the future weve come to the sensory motor systems lap at the e. T. H. Institute in 06 switzerland scientists here are studying how humans and machines ca
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