Even if we cannot upload our consciousness to the cloud, what if we could send our own sensations and memories to another person? Can we really transfer information brain-to-brain over the internet? Do we need to worry that this could turn us into remotely controlled puppets? Never fear! Captain Cyborg is here to test invasive technologies so you don’t have to!

Can we transfer information directly from one brain to another? And then link multiple brains into a hive-mind like the Borg? Could acquire new information without having actually to learn it? Experiments on rats seem to suggest that we can transfer memories from one brain to another, even when linking them over the internet.

We expect our first application to be computer control for people with spinal cord injury. There are many other potential future applications for the Link. These include restoring motor and sensory function and the treatment of neurological disorders

Elon Musk has recently announced a breakthrough in his Neuralink project. Besides several interesting technological innovations, there is a lot of hype about what it could all mean in the future. Will we truly be able to read and write memories, emotions, knowledge in the brain?