I came across this article today and thought it was definitely worth sharing! It seems like a crazy idea that would be seen in some sci-fi movie, but definitely not something I would think would be happening in the very near future. This article discusses the project that a Portuguese team is working on where they successfully demonstrated a drone flight that was piloted by human thought. This article discusses the recent strides that have been made in regards to thought powered flight and discusses how this team managed to successfully thought pilot a drone. Although this thought powered flight seems to be something that will happen in the very near future, and this article talks about the future applications of this technology, such as piloting a passenger plane, I'm not sure that I would board a passenger that was being piloted by someone who was just thinking about flying. Maybe if they were still seated in the cockpit and were able to quickly adapt to any potential threats while flying, but still it seems kind of like the pilot would be more of a passenger who is taking a nap dreaming he is flying a plane and landing safely... and it seems a little sketchy to me. However, the one aspect of this new technology that is definitely exciting is the applications that would allow disabled people to interact with their environment and have the potential to control vehicles.
Angela, I agree. It seems pretty risky and prone to error. I'd imagine that there are a lot of decisions that a pilot would need to make in the air that someone on the ground wouldn't consider. Not sure what the large scale goal of this is; (perhaps only to be used when carrying goods and not people?)
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting. It is crazy to think about where the advances in neuroscience and technology will take us in the future. I definitely would be more comfortable with the application of this being to transport goods and not people.
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