Transferring human consciousness into a machine has long been a popular motif in science fiction, but it seems like a far-off dream for now. However, Prof Masataka Watanabe at the University of Tokyo believes we’re on the cusp of making mind uploading a reality.

Prof Watanabe proposes a new type of brain-machine interface capable of fully reconstructing transhemispheric connectivity, leading to a ‘seamless’ mind-uploading procedure while the brain's owner is still alive.
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