Really never thought I'd live to see this technology come to fruition:
"In 1999, researchers led by Yang Dan at University of California, Berkeley decoded neuronal firings to reproduce images seen by cats. The team used an array of electrodes embedded in the thalamus (which integrates all of the brain’s sensory input) of sharp-eyed cats. Researchers targeted 177 brain cells in the thalamus lateral geniculate nucleus area, which decodes signals from the retina. The cats were shown eight short movies, and their neuron firings were recorded. Using mathematical filters, the researchers decoded the signals to generate movies of what the cats saw and were able to reconstruct recognizable scenes and moving objects."
The potential that this technology has in the broad sceme of scientific research is limitless. Truly amazing work. What confuses me is that this work started in 1999, so it really leads to the biggest question of all: what is happening with this technology now?
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