Well that’s a bit unnerving. Researchers at UC Berkeley’s Gallant Lab have shown that it’s possible to pull moving images right out of the human brain.
They recreated film clips shown to test subjects, using only their recorded brain activity. Check out some examples in the above video.
It reminds me of the tech in Minority Report (minus the premonitions), or The Final Cut (minus the memory implants). But for now, there’s no practical use for any of this, other than freaking me out a little bit.
Gallant Lab used fMRI to grab the brain activity, and the test subjects were actually the co-authors! They spent most of their time watching movies, including what looks like The Pink Panther starring Steve Martin. But each one turned into a disturbing chaotic horror flick in the end.
