The Japanese entertainment giant Sony has patented an idea for transmitting data directly into the brain, with the goal of enabling a person to see movies and play video games in which they smell, taste and perhaps even feel things
The patent "based only on a theory, not on any invention" marks the first step towards a "real-life Matrix"
In the sci-fi film of that name, cyber-reality is projected into the brains of people via an electrode feed at the back of their necks. In Sony’s patent, the technique would be entirely non-invasive -- it would not use brain implants or other surgery to manipulate the brain.
Sony Electronics spokeswoman Elizabeth Boukis said the work was a "prophetic invention" and no experiments at all had been done on it. "It was based on an inspiration that this may someday be the direction that technology will take us," she said.
The patent "based only on a theory, not on any invention" marks the first step towards a "real-life Matrix"
In the sci-fi film of that name, cyber-reality is projected into the brains of people via an electrode feed at the back of their necks. In Sony’s patent, the technique would be entirely non-invasive -- it would not use brain implants or other surgery to manipulate the brain.
Sony Electronics spokeswoman Elizabeth Boukis said the work was a "prophetic invention" and no experiments at all had been done on it. "It was based on an inspiration that this may someday be the direction that technology will take us," she said.
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