Neural interfacing
is a powerful
means which can
develop a robust
bridge between humans and machines. In
this paper we emphasize on neural
interfacing as an evolving trend in wireless communications by taking into
account one of its important application i.e cyborgs.
In the next
half of the paper we discuss the
operational features of cyborgs
with the experiments conducted
and proposed to
be conducted in
future and in the
process give a brief description of the
advantages and disadvantages of
this technology.
Attachments and interfaces mediate our
interaction with the environment and usually are positioned on
the surface of
the body. Physical
objects would be called tools
or attachments, while
information utilities would
be called interfaces
In the same way a neural interface allows human brain communicate
directly with a computer, without any other
equipment. That kind of
interface allows any
illusions to be
inputted to human nervous system.
Neural interfacing fantasies
have mainly grown
out of science fiction
A
recent article on
neural interfacing in
the IEEE Transactions
reports that "a Microelectrode array
capable of recording
from and stimulating peripheral nerves at Prolonged intervals
after surgical implantation
has been demonstrated." These
tiny silicon-based arrays were
implanted into the peroneal nerves of rats
and remained operative for
up to 13 months .
The ingeniously designed
chip is placed
in the pathway of the
surgically severed nerve. The regenerating nerve grows through a matrix of holes
in the chip,
while the regenerating
tissue surrounding it
anchors the device in place. This
chip receives the
signals from the
surrounding nerves and sends it
to a computer
through a wireless medium . Within several
decades, active versions of
these chips could
provide a direct
neural interface with prosthetic limbs, and by extension, a
direct human-computer interface.This human computer interface may
now lead to a revolutionary organism called as “cyborg”, which was thought of as a science -fiction earlier.
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