Students used mind control to race drones for the very first time

Racing drones has become fairly common place in engineering departments at universities, but students from the University of Florida took it to a new level by controlling the flying robots with their minds. The students controlled the drones using technology called brain-computer interface, Juan Gilbert, endowed professor and chair of UF's computer and information science and engineering program, explained in a video posted Friday. When people are hooked up to BCI technology, it gives them the ability to control an external device with their mind -- sort of like mastering the force or telekinesis. It's actually the same technology that gave a paralyzed man the ability to walk again. The students wore electroencephalogram (EEG) headbands that are able to measure electrical impulses from the brain.