Contributors: Frank J. Boehm (NanoApps Medical Inc. Founder), Nuno R. B. Martins, Amara Angelica, Yuriy Svidinenko, Ioan Opris, Mikhail A. Lebedev, Melanie Swan, Steven A. Garan, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, Tad Hogg, Robert A. Freitas Jr. et al
Excerpt from “Human Brain/Cloud Interface”:
Introduction
“We’ll have nanobots that… connect our neocortex to a synthetic neocortex in the cloud… Our thinking will be a…. biological and non-biological hybrid.”
— Ray Kurzweil, TED 2014
There is an incessant drive in medicine toward the development of smaller, more capable, efficacious, and cost-effective devices and systems. The primary driver of this quest relates to the cellular and sub-cellular genesis of human disease, at which scale, nanodevices can directly interact and potentially positively influence disease outcomes or prevent them altogether, particularly in regard to brain disorders (Kandel et al., 2000, Kandel, 2001; Zigmond et al., 2014; Chaudhury et al., 2015; Fornito et al., 2015; Falk et al., 2016). The pursuit of ever smaller tools to treat patients is approaching a pivotal juncture in medical history as advanced nanomedicine — specifically, medical nanorobotics — is expected to serve as a dynamic tool toward addressing most human brain disorders. The goal is to finally empower medical professionals to treat diseases at individual cellular and sub-cellular resolution (Freitas, 1998, 1999b, 2003, 2005a,c, 2007, 2016; Morris, 2001; Astier et al., 2005; Patel et al., 2006; Park et al., 2007; Popov et al., 2007; Mallouk and Sen, 2009; Martel et al., 2009; Kostarelos, 2010; Mavroides and Ferreira, 2011; Boehm, 2013).
The application of nanorobots to the human brain is denoted here as “neuralnanorobotics.” This technology may allow for the monitoring, recording, and even manipulation of many types of brain-related information at cellular and organellar levels (Martins et al., 2012, 2015, 2016). Medical neuralnanorobots are expected to have the capacity for real-time, non-destructive monitoring of single-neuron and single-synapse neuroelectric activity, local neuropeptide traffic, and other relevant functional data, while also allowing the acquisition of fundamental structural information from neuron surfaces, to enhance the connectome map of a living human brain (Sporns et al., 2005; Lu et al., 2009; Anderson et al., 2011; Kleinfeld et al., 2011; Seung, 2011; Martins et al., 2012, 2015, 2016). Non-destructive neuralnanorobotically mediated whole-brain monitoring coupled with single-cell repair capabilities (Freitas, 2007) is anticipated to provide a powerful medical capability to effectively treat most, or all of the ∼400 known brain disorders, including, most notably: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s (Freitas, 2016), addiction, dementia, epilepsy, and spinal cord disorders (NINDS, 2017).
Neuralnanorobots are also expected to empower many non-medical paradigm-shifting applications, including significant human cognitive enhancement, by providing a platform for direct access to supercomputing storage and processing capabilities and interfacing with artificial intelligence systems. Since information-based technologies are consistently improving their price-performance ratios and functional design at an exponential rate, it is likely that once they enter clinical practice or non-medical applications, neuralnanorobotic technologies may work in parallel with powerful artificial intelligence systems, supercomputing, and advanced molecular manufacturing.
Furthermore, autonomous nanomedical devices are expected to be biocompatible, primarily due to their structural materials, which would enable extended residency within the human body (Freitas, 1999a, 2002, 2003). Medical neuralnanorobots might also be fabricated in sufficient therapeutic quantities to treat individual patients, using diamondoid materials, as these materials may provide the greatest strength, resilience, and reliability in vivo (Freitas, 2010). An ongoing international “Nanofactory Collaboration” headed by Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle has the primary objective of constructing the world’s first nanofactory, which will permit the mass manufacture of advanced autonomous diamondoid neuralnanorobots for both medical and non-medical applications (Freitas and Merkle, 2004, 2006; Freitas, 2009, 2010).
It is conceivable that within the next 20–30 years, neuralnanorobotics may be developed to enable a safe, secure, instantaneous, real-time interface between the human brain and biological and non-biological computing systems, empowering brain-to-brain interfaces (BTBI), brain-computer interfaces (BCI), and, in particular, sophisticated brain/cloud interfaces (B/CI). Such human B/CI systems may dramatically alter human/machine communications, carrying the promise of significant human cognitive enhancement (Kurzweil, 2014; Swan, 2016).
Historically, a fundamental breakthrough toward the possibility of a B/CI was the initial measurement and recording of the electrical activity of the brain via EEG in 1924 (Stone and Hughes, 2013). At the time, EEG marked a historical advance in neurologic and psychiatric diagnostic tools, as this technology allowed for the measurement of a variety of cerebral diseases, the quantification of deviations induced by different mental states, and detection of oscillatory alpha waves (8–13 Hz), the so-called “Berger’s wave.” The first EEG measurements required the insertion of silver wires into the scalps of patients, which later evolved to silver foils that were adhered to the head. These rudimentary sensors were initially linked to a Lippmann capillary electrometer. However, significantly improved results were achieved through the use of a Siemens double-coil recording galvanometer, which had an electronic resolution of 0.1 mv (Jung and Berger, 1979).
The first reported scientific instance of the term “brain–computer interface” dates to 1973, ∼50 years following the first EEG recording, when it was envisioned that EEG-reported brain electrical signals might be employed as data carriers in human–computer communications. This suggestion assumed that mental decisions and reactions might be probed by electroencephalographic potential fluctuations measured on the human scalp, and that meaningful EEG phenomena should be viewed as a complex structure of elementary wavelets that reflected individual cortical events (Vidal, 1973).
Currently, invasive1 and non-invasive brain–computer interfaces and non-invasive brain-to-brain communication systems have already been experimentally demonstrated and are the subject of serious research worldwide. Once these existing technologies have matured, they might provide treatments for completely paralyzed patients, eventually permitting the restoration of movement in paralyzed limbs through the transmission of brain signals to muscles or external prosthetic devices (Birbaumer, 2006). The first reported direct transmission of information between two human brains without intervention of motor or peripheral sensory systems occurred in 2014, using a brain-to-brain communication technique referred to as “hyperinteraction” (Grau et al., 2014).
The most promising long-term future technology for non-destructive, real-time human–brain–computer interfaces and brain-to-brain communications may be neuralnanorobotics (Martins et al., 2016). Neuralnanorobotics, which is the application of medical nanorobots to the human brain, was first envisaged by Freitas, who proposed the use of nanorobots for direct real-time monitoring of neural traffic from in vivo neurons, as well as the translation of messages to neurons (Freitas, 1999b, 2003). Other authors have also envisioned B/CI and predicted that in the future, humans will have access to a synthetic non-biological neocortex, which might permit a direct B/CI. Within the next few decades, neuralnanorobotics may enable a non-destructive, real-time, ultrahigh-resolution interface between the human brain and external computing platforms such as the “cloud.”
The term “cloud” refers to cloud computing, an information technology (IT) paradigm and a model for enabling ubiquitous access to shared pools of configurable resources (such as computer networks, servers, storage, applications, and services), that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort, often over the Internet. For both personal or business applications, the cloud facilitates rapid data access, provides redundancy, and optimizes the global usage of processing and storage resources while enabling access from virtually any location on the planet. However, the primary challenge for worldwide global cloud-based information processing technologies is the speed of access to the system, or latency. For example, the current round-trip latency rate for transatlantic loops between New York and London is ∼90 ms (Verizon, 2014). Since there are now more than 4 billion Internet users worldwide, its economic impact on the global economy is increasingly significant. The economic impact of IoT (Internet of Things) applications alone has been estimated by the McKinsey Global Institute to range from $3.9 to $11.1 trillion per year by 2025. The global economic impact of cloud-based information processing over the next few decades may be at least an order of magnitude higher once cloud services are combined in previously unimagined ways, disrupting entire industries (Miraz et al., 2015). A neuralnanorobotics-mediated human B/CI, potentially available within 20–30 years, will require broadband Internet access with extremely high upload and download speeds, compared to today’s rates.
Humankind has at its core a potent and ceaseless drive to explore and to challenge itself, to improve its collective condition by relentlessly probing and pushing boundaries while constantly attempting to breach those barriers that tenuously separate the possible from the impossible. The notions of human augmentation and cognitive enhancement are borne of these tenets.
This drive includes an incessant quest for exploration and a constant desire for social interaction and communication — both of which are catalysts for rapidly increasing globalization. Consequently, the development of a non-destructive, real-time human B/CI technology may serve as an intimate, personalized conduit through which individuals would have instantaneous access to virtually any facet of cumulative human knowledge and also the optional specialized capacity to engage in myriad real-time fully immersive experiential and sensory worlds.
Images Credit: © Alias Group Creative/ Amanda Scott – No usage without written permission
UPDATED – March 4 2023
Worldwide Press for “Human Brain/Cloud Interface”
Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts ‘within decades’
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/f-hit041219.php
A future brain/cloud interface could give us all a collective super-consciousness
Scientists say our brains will connect to computers within decades to form an ‘internet of thoughts’ that will provide instant access to information
A future ‘human brain/cloud interface’ will give people instant access to vast knowledge via thought alone
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-future-human-braincloud-interface-people.html
Unexplained Mysteries.com
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/326941-the-human-braincloud-interface/
New ‘human brain/cloud interface’ could help you gain knowledge via thought
Wonderfest Science
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=155872821274&story_fbid=10156356708921275
Technology Think Tank
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=244445989031992&story_fbid=1363078343835412
‘Human brains may directly connect to cloud networks in future’
Human brains would act like computers and provide instant access to information https://www.ibtimes.sg/human-brains-would-act-like-computers-provide-instant-access-information-30274
Scientists propose putting nanobots in our bodies to create ‘global superbrain’
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/brain-cloud-interface-nanobots-global-superbrain
Scientists say our brains will connect to computers in decades to form the ‘internet of thoughts’
InfoHighTech
‘Human brains’ may get instant access to world’s knowledge by thinking about topic
Ian McEwan: A Noted British Novelist Ponders Our AI Future
https://fortunascorner.com/2019/04/14/ian-mcewan-a-noted-british-novelist-ponders-our-ai-future/
Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts ‘within decades’
https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news2/newsid=52587.php
Technocracy
https://www.technocracy.news/the-feed-real-human-brain-cloud-interface-coming-within-decades/
Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts ‘within decades’
https://neurosciencenews.com/internet-thoughts-brain-cloud-interface-11074/
LifeBoat Foundation
Scientists say our brains will connect to computers in decades to form the ‘internet of thoughts’
Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts ‘within decades’
We Are Closer Than Ever to Merging Human Brains With The Cloud
Human brains could be connected to the internet in ‘next few decades,’ scientists predict
https://www.foxnews.com/science/human-brains-connected-internet-scientists-predict
Human brain could connect to internet ‘within decades’, theory suggests
Future ‘Human Brain/Cloud Interface’ Will Give People Instant Access to Vast Knowledge Via Thought Alone
Humans to be connected to THE CLOUD within ‘decades’ giving instant access to EVERYTHING
Before the end of the century, will we connect our brains with cloud computing?
Researchers predict Matrix-style ‘internet of thoughts’ within next few decades
https://www.rt.com/news/456686-matrix-internet-of-thoughts-prediction/
From the brain directly into the cloud
Internet of Thoughts
https://www.labnews.co.uk/news/internet-of-thoughts-16-04-2019/
Scientists to connect human brains directly to internet ‘within decades’
Human brains could merge with technology sooner than we think
https://nypost.com/2019/04/16/human-brains-could-merge-with-technology-sooner-than-we-think/
Bot-enabled interface between human brains and cloud storage is likely within decades
Connecting the human brain with cloud networks could happen within the ‘next few decades’, researchers speculate
Researchers believe: Over the next few decades, tiny devices will nest in our brain and send to the cloud
From the brain to the net: new interfaces are supposed to connect the brain directly to the internet
Straight from Science fictions! ‘Human brains may directly connect to cloud networks in future’
Nanotech breakthrough may lead to an ‘Internet of Brains’
Scientists predict the human brain could be connected to the internet in ‘next few decades’
The internet of thoughts is coming
https://cosmosmagazine.com/the-future/the-internet-of-thoughts-is-coming
We Are Closer Than Ever to Merging Human Brains With The Cloud
Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts ‘within decades’
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190412094736.htm
Brain & Cloud Interface Combine Human Mind with Artificial Intelligence
https://bilimfili.com/beyin-bulut-arayuzu-insan-zihni-ile-yapay-zekayi-birlestirebilir/
Human brains may directly connect to cloud networks in future
A new interface will give people instant access to the Internet only through the power of thought
https://www.descopera.ro/stiinta/18084796-interfata-creier-internet-aproape-realitate
The ‘internet of thoughts’ might only be decades away
https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/singularity-futurism
A new interface connects the brain with the cloud in this century.
Human Brain/Cloud Interface
A future ‘human brain/cloud interface’ will give people instant access to the entirety of human knowledge
The cloud wants access to your brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMs4iMHw91M
Human Brain/Cloud Interface
Brain & Cloud Interface Combine Human Mind with Artificial Intelligence
https://bilimfili.com/beyin-bulut-arayuzu-insan-zihni-ile-yapay-zekayi-birlestirebilir/
What will Ray Kurzweil’s computer cloud interface be like
Experts Predict Human Brain Can Access Online Through Thought Alone, predict expert
Super-human brains connected to the internet coming in ‘next few decades’ as scientists reveal bold plan to put nanorobots in our head
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8866149/scientists-to-put-nanorobots-in-brains/
Prediction of an internet with thoughts by scientists within decades
Internet Of Thoughts: You Might Gain Knowledge By Simply Thinking About Topics In The Future
Human brains may directly connect to cloud networks in future
More…
Human brain/cloud interface
https://evan-gcrm.livejournal.com/1430090.html
Would You Connect Your Brain To The Internet?
https://www.kgncnewsnow.com/would-you-connect-your-brain-to-the-internet/
The Feed: Real ‘Human Brain/Cloud Interface’ Coming Within Decades?
The human brain could be connected to the internet in the near future
A future ‘human brain/cloud interface’ will give people instant access to vast knowledge via thought alone
A ‘human brain/cloud interface’ will give people instant access to vast knowledge and computing power via thought alone, predict experts — ScienceDaily
Scientists Predict ‘Internet of Thoughts’ Within Decades
https://cacm.acm.org/careers/236196-scientists-predict-internet-of-thoughts-within-decades/fulltext
Your Brain Will Be in the Cloud
https://medium.com/@JimWexler/your-brain-will-be-in-the-cloud-48b54326979f
Brains can be merged with technology to form a ‘human brain/cloud interface’ in a matter of decades
Super-human brains connected to the internet coming in ‘next few decades’ as scientists reveal bold plan to put nanorobots in our head
Enter The Matrix – Internet Of Thoughts Is Coming – Disturbing Or Exciting Technology?
Scientists say our brains will connect to computers within decades to form an ‘internet of thoughts’ that will provide instant access to information
https://washingtondailyreport.com/scientists-say-brains-will-connect/
New interfaces to connect the brain directly to the Internet
http://www.rippleethiopia.org/new-interfaces-to-connect-the-brain-directly-to-the-internet/4697/
Humans will be plugged into a ‘Matrix-style global superbrain’ this century, scientists predict
Scientists say our brains will connect to computers in decades to form the ‘internet of thoughts’
Scientists say our brains will connect to computers within decades to form an ‘internet of thoughts’ that will provide instant access to information
http://londondailyreport.com/scientists-brains-connect-computers/
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED! Future ‘Human Brain/Cloud Interface’ Under Design That Will Give People Instant Access To Vast Knowledge Via Thought Alone
We Are Closer Than Ever to Merging Human Brains With The Cloud
https://17ok.org/technology/closer-merging-human-brains-cloud-48626468
Recently, there have been new developments in the complete stealth technology. In a foreign magazine, Frontiers In Neuroscience, an article entitled “Human Brain/Cloud Interface” was published.
https://www.wukong.com/question/6682495735780344067/
‘Human brains may directly connect to cloud networks in future’
Humans May Have Search Engine Tech in Our Brains ‘Within Decades’
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/humans-may-have-search-engine-tech-in-our-brains-within-decades/
Walking Dead creator will explore dystopian future where social media is linked to your BRAIN using tech that ‘Elon Musk and Facebook are already trying to develop’
The Internet of Thought will be possible this century
https://www.tendencias21.net/La-Internet-del-Pensamiento-sera-posible-este-siglo_a45210.html
‘Scientists say our brains will connect with computer systems in a long time to kind the ‘web of ideas’
The human brain is a mixing technology
Our brain in the data cloud? We’re getting closer
With my head in the cloud. Scientists predict the connection of the brain with cloud computing until the end of the century
The human brain will connect to the Internet
https://noi.md/ru/v-mire/chto-pobudilo-passazhira-vyprygnuti-iz-samoleta
Human Brain/Cloud Interface : future technology will provide instant access to the world’s knowledge and artificial intelligence
‘Human brains may directly connect to cloud networks in future’
https://erpinnews.com/human-brains-may-directly-connect-to-cloud-networks-in-future
Human Brains May Directly Connect To Cloud Networks In Future
Scientist Predict the Human Brain Could be Connected to the Internet in ‘Next Few Decades’
Researchers predict Matrix-style ‘internet of thoughts’ within next few decades
‘Human brains may directly connect to cloud networks in future’
In a couple of decades, the brain will be connected to the Internet.
https://habr.com/ru/company/cloud4y/blog/448728/
© Alias Group Creative/ Amanda Scott – No usage without written permission
News This Week
A potential milestone in cancer therapy
Researchers from the University of Bern, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, and the University of Connecticut have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against cancer. They identified a previously unknown weak point of prostate [...]
Cardiovascular Crystal Ball: New Tool Predicts Future Heart Disease Risk
Faculty members at the UM School of Medicine have created a cutting-edge tool that enables the early identification and assessment of risks in vulnerable patients. Heart disease, being the leading cause of death globally, [...]
Scientists analyze a single atom with X-rays for the first time
In the most powerful X-ray facilities in the world, scientists can analyze samples so small they contain only 10,000 atoms. Smaller sizes have proved exceedingly difficult to achieve, but a multi-institutional team has scaled [...]
AI Demonstrates Superior Performance in Predicting Breast Cancer
AI algorithms outperformed traditional clinical risk models in a large-scale study, predicting five-year breast cancer risk more accurately. These models use mammograms as the single data source, offering potential advantages in individualizing patient care [...]
Stanford Medicine Reveals: Tiny DNA Circles Defying Genetic Laws Drive Cancer Formation
Tiny circles of DNA harbor cancer-associated oncogenes and immunomodulatory genes promoting cancer development. They arise during the transformation from pre-cancer to cancer, say Stanford Medicine-led team. Tiny circles of DNA that defy the accepted laws of [...]
Death to Blood Cancer Cells: New Drug Combination Could Revive the Power of Leading Treatment
Future clinical trials will be conducted to investigate whether the combination of chloroquine and venetoclax can prevent disease recurrence. Although new drugs have been developed to induce cancer cell death in individuals with acute [...]
Illuminating Science: X-Rays Visualize How One of Nature’s Strongest Bonds Breaks
Scientists have deciphered how an activated catalyst breaks down the strong carbon-hydrogen bonds in potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a study published in Science. Using advanced X-ray technology and quantum-chemical calculations, they tracked the [...]
Using magnetic nanoparticles as a rapid test for sepsis
Qun Ren, an Empa researcher, and her team are currently developing a diagnostic procedure that can rapidly detect life-threatening blood poisoning caused by staphylococcus bacteria. Staphylococcal sepsis is fatal in up to 40% of [...]
Leave A Comment