Via CNN, New Scientist reports that Sony has patented technology that allows sensory information to get beamed into your brain:
The technique suggested in the patent is entirely non-invasive. It describes a device that fires pulses of ultrasound at the head to modify firing patterns in targeted parts of the brain, creating “sensory experiences” ranging from moving images to tastes and sounds. This could give blind or deaf people the chance to see or hear, the patent claims.
Ads beamed into our brains when we sleep à la Futurama may be closer than we think.
