We are getting closer to the day when it will be possible for our minds to be linked through a digital network. Researchers (e.g.: Marcel Just, a neuroscientist from Carnegie Mellon University, and Dean Pomerleau, a researcher at Intel Labs Pittsburgh) are beginning to decode the human brain, which will allow digitized thoughts to transmit between minds; a future form of telepathy that will surely not only lead to a redefinition of humanity, but will challenge an individual’s privacy from hackers, government, and nosey acquaintances.

Some people (e.g.: Ariel Garten, the CEO of Interaxon ) believe that we are only ten-to-fifteen years away from a link with home computer networks that will enable us to turn on and off appliances, and communicate with cell phones and mobile devices with your mind; furthermore, your computer will respond empathically to your emotional state of mind.

I first heard about this on Radio One’s Spark program (Mind-Computer Interfaces, CBC, Episode 125)

So, I wonder how long it will be until we’re able to ‘upload’ our minds into a computer?