Welcome to the Singularity

In his book The Future of the Mind (http://somanyinterestingthings.blogspot.com/2014/05/just-because-future-of-mind-part-1.html, etc.), Michio Kaku recalls his interview with Dr. Rodney Brooks, co-founder of iRobot and a former director of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab. "If you ask Dr. Brooks how we can coexist with these super-smart robots," he writes, "his reply is straightforward: we will merge with them. With advances in robotics and neuroprosthetics, it becomes possible to incorporate AI into our own bodies." A team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has created a patch of gold electrodes that, when worn on and behind the ear, can, via EEG, allow the user to control electronic devices. It is still in its preliminary stages and will be used in medical situations at first: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630182.200-digital-tattoo-lets-you-control-devices-with-mind-power-alone.html#.VTqBVRc0zeQ