We are shifting towards a new paradigm in the way in which we interact with computers and cybernetic systems. The emerging field of Neurocybernetics is setting society on the path towards Cyberhumanism, an age of seamless integration between humans and computers. Neuroscience is the study of the brain and nervous systems; It combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, mathematical modeling, and psychology to understand the fundamental and emergent properties of neurons and neural circuits. Cognitive neuroscience seeks to understand the mental abilities contained with the brain including, perception, memory, language processing, decision making and Motor ability. The emergent capabilities of human intelligence come from these dynamically embrained systems contained within our Neural networks.
Cybernetics is a transdisciplinary science of communications and automatic control systems in mutual relation both machines and living beings." Neurocybernetics" is the Fusion of Neuroscience and Cybernetics, the technological integration of biological and artificial cognitive systems. The ultimate goal of Neurocybernetics is the technological implementation of the biological design principles of human intelligence through neurotechnologies. A neurotechnology is any technology that has a fundamental influence on how people understand the brain and various aspects of consciousness and cognition. Examples of Neurotechnologies include, Brain-computer interfaces, Trantscraninal direct current stimulation, FMRI, and other brain imagining techniques. These devices are capable of enhancing the users ability to interact with cyberspace as well as novel approaches to user interface design. The emerging paradigm of human computer relations uses various types of sensors, and information processing methods to communicate human intent to cybernetic and autonomous systems.
Brain computer Interfaces will use neural sensing devices that capture electrical signals in neural networks, and translate them via algorithms into command inputs for a computer or external device. Neurotechnologies are the first real world examples of technologically mediated telepathy and telekinesis, allowing a user's neural data-stream to interact with virtual and cybernetic ecosystems. In the near future, advances in Nuerocybernetics may lead to Integrated machine control, Immersive optical interfaces, and human performance modification. Companies like Neurable and Next Mind have built working prototype devices that measure visual perception by tracking what the user sees in real time, which is then connected to a virtual reality head mounted display. This allows the user to interact with virtual reality telekinetically using optical information flows as the primary operation strategy method. The future of Neurotechnology is human-computer symbiosis, which I refer to as bio-digital integration. We will use cybernetic based devices to target neural structures in the brain in order to design more immersive gaming, training and simulated environments. Neurotechnologies can also be used to map the higher order functions in the brain and correlate them to specific chemical signatures, allowing maps of the human mind to be created. Neurotechnologies will also help to augmented human intellectual, creative, and psychological abilities by linking the brain and the computer via a neural interface, allowing the user to have direct access to global communication networks like the wireless internet. The demands of such a device would be to preprocess the digital information, decode it through translation algorithms and convert it via "synaptic bridge" into information that is well adapted to the nervous system of the individual user.
I see two paths towards the widespread use of neurotechnologies. The first is using non invasive devices like “EEG headsets” to sense brain signals via an uplink to computers and other devices like robots and drones. This approach will have widespread use in immersive gaming, VR, AR, multimedia, music, art, design and engineering. This will form the nexus of the transition towards the internet of the future, referred to as the brain-net by theoretical physicist and futurist Dr Michio Kaku. Neurotechnologies will make the internet more interactive, by building a direct cerebral uplink to cyberspace. In the near future, users will be able to send emotions, thoughts, feelings and experiences wirelessly across the world. When two users link their BCI/ neurotechnologies together it will be the first step towards building new systems for information transfer, digital telepathy and telekinesis.
The second approach for Neurotechnological development will be in a medical context for use by people with severe disabilities. This is the approach taken by Elon Musk's company Neuralink, which seeks to heal neurological disorders by inserting electrical stimulation devices directly into damaged brain areas to restore cognitive function. Neurotechnologies could be used in the field of human enhancement, to strengthen learning, memory, adaptive reasoning and empathy. Neurotechnologies will lead to extraordinary abilities for users in the near future. Through an advanced understanding of neuroscience and cybernetics, I believe that we will be able to build the next generation of computer interface technologies and facilitate the age of human-computer symbiosis.
Nolan JT Nahar
Futurist
Evolutionary Cyberneticist
Digital Philosopher
2021
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