Dutch air force reads pilots' brainwaves to make training harder Fighter pilots in training are having their brainwaves read by AI as they fly in virtual reality to measure how difficult they find tasks and ramp up the complexity if needed. Experiments show that trainee fighter pilots prefer this adaptive system to a rigid, pre-programmed alternative, but that it doesn't necessarily improve their skills. Training pilots in simulators and virtual reality is cheaper and safer than real flights, but these teaching scenarios need to be adjusted in real time so tasks sit in the sweet spot between comfort and overload. How the US military wants to use the world's largest aircraft Evy van Weelden at the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre, Amsterdam, and her colleagues used a brain-computer interface to read student pilots' brainwaves via electrodes attached to the scalp. An AI model analysed that data to determine how difficult the pilots were finding the task.

Babies' brains'tick' more slowly than ours, which may help them learn The rhythm of an infant's brain activity seems to put them in constant learning mode, whereas that of an adult may allow them to retrieve conceptual knowledge Babies' brains operate at a different rhythm to those of adults When a baby tries to make sense of what they have seen, their brain activity seems to tick at a slower rhythm than it does in adults, which may help them to continually learn new concepts. Our brain processes sensory stimuli using networks of neurons. If a neuron receives a strong enough signal from another neuron, it transmits the signal to more neurons still, producing synchronised waves of electrical activity where many neurons alternate between activated and silent states. Such brainwaves occur at various frequencies. When a given brain region displays a range of frequencies simultaneously, a higher proportion of its neurons may synchronise with certain frequencies more than others.

A man who lost the ability to speak can now hold real-time conversations and even sing through a brain-controlled synthetic voice. The brain-computer interface reads the man's neural activity via electrodes implanted in his brain and then instantaneously generates speech sounds that reflect his intended pitch, intonation and emphasis. Restoring the brain's mitochondria could slow ageing and end dementia "This is kind of the first of its kind for instantaneous voice synthesis – within 25 milliseconds," says Sergey Stavisky at the University of California, Davis. The technology needs to be improved to make the speech easier to understand, says Maitreyee Wairagkar, also at UC Davis. But the man, who lost the ability to talk due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, still says it makes him "happy" and that it feels like his real voice, according to Wairagkar.

Humanity is on the verge of being replaced by a race of superhuman hybrids with powers only dreamt about in movies. Herbert Sim, a millionaire tech investor and futurist in London, has begun pouring his wealth into the study of transhumanism - the enhancement of humans through science and technology. At that point, Sim claims that the human race will essentially be obsolete as these real life'X-Men' make it impossible for regular people to match their abilities. The brainwaves are projected onto a computer which then reads and turns them into actions. Sim said it's one of the first steps in'upgrading' humanity, allowing this new race of mutants to live longer and defeat diseases.

A new helmet that monitors your brain while you drive aims to prevent accidents caused by fatigue or lapses in concentration. The dystopian invention is from Japanese company Macnica - and DailyMail.com The helmet uses a series of electrodes and sensors that monitor activity in the important regions of your brain. 'By measuring your brain activity, we can measure millisecond-by-millisecond your state, from simple measures like how drowsy you are to more sophisticated concentration,' Leon Deouell, chief science officer of Inner Eye, told DailyMail.com. By tapping into your brainwaves and analyzing them with AI, Macnica generates a readout that shows how well you're concentrating, whether you're distracted, and how drowsy you are.

Scientists have developed the world's first mind-reading AI that translates brainwaves into readable text. It works using a sensor-covered helmet that looks at specific electrical activity in the brain as the wearer thinks, and turns these into words. The revolutionary tech was pioneered by a team at the University of Technology Sydney, who say it could revolutionize care for patients who have become mute due to a stroke or paralysis. A demonstration video shows a human subject thinking about a sentence shown on a screen, which then switched to what the AI model decoded - and the results are nearly a perfect match. The team also believes the innovation will allow for seamless control of devices, such as bionic limbs and robots, allowing humans to give directions just by thinking of them.

Scientists from the University of Technology Sydney have developed new biosensor technology that actually makes mind reading possible! No, not like a fortune teller; this new technology allows people to operate devices, such as robots and machines, solely via thought-control. You think, and the robot acts. Researchers add this exciting breakthrough holds positive implications for the fields of healthcare, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. This advanced brain-computer interface was developed by Distinguished Professor Chin-Teng Lin and Professor Francesca Iacopi, from the UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT, in collaboration with the Australian Army and Defence Innovation Hub.

The advanced brain-computer interface was developed by Distinguished Professor Chin-Teng Lin and Professor Francesca Iacopi, from the UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT, in collaboration with the Australian Army and Defence Innovation Hub. As well as defence applications, the technology has significant potential in fields such as advanced manufacturing, aerospace and healthcare -- for example allowing people with a disability to control a wheelchair or operate prosthetics. "The hands-free, voice-free technology works outside laboratory settings, anytime, anywhere. It makes interfaces such as consoles, keyboards, touchscreens and hand-gesture recognition redundant," said Professor Iacopi. "By using cutting edge graphene material, combined with silicon, we were able to overcome issues of corrosion, durability and skin contact resistance, to develop the wearable dry sensors," she said.

Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. Calibrating rates of information delivery to match the natural tempo of our brains increases our capacity to absorb and adapt to new information, according to the team behind the study. University of Cambridge researchers say that these techniques could help us retain "neuroplasticity" much later in life and advance lifelong learning. "Each brain has its own natural rhythm, generated by the oscillation of neurons working together," said Prof Zoe Kourtzi, senior author of the study from Cambridge's Department of Psychology. "We simulated these fluctuations so the brain is in tune with itself – and in the best state to flourish."

A new device has been created that can analyse the brainwaves of non-verbal, paralysed patients and turn them into sentences on a computer screen in real time. The'mind-reading' machine is capable of decoding brain activity as a person silently attempts to spell out words phonetically to create full sentences. Experts say their neuroprosthesis speech device has the potential to restore communication to people who cannot speak or type due to paralysis. Previous research had shown that a similar system was able to decode up to 50 words. However, this was limited to a specific vocabulary and the participant had to attempt to speak the words out loud, which required significant effort, given their paralysis.