Ultimate Hook Up

Published: Jan. 7, 2013, 2 p.m.

b'Imagine moving things with your mind. Not with telekinesis, but with the future tools of brain science. Meet a pioneer in the field of computer-to-brain connection and discover the blurry boundary where the mind ends and the machine begins.\\nPlus, how new technology is sharpening the \\u201creal\\u201d in virtual reality. And, whether our devotion to digital devices is changing what it means to be human.\\nGuests:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Miguel Nicolelis \\u2013 Director for the Center for Neuroengineering at Duke University, and author of Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines and How it Will Change our Lives\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Jeremy Bailenson \\u2013 Director of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University and co-author of Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Jim Blascovich \\u2013 Psychologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara and co-author of Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Sherry Turkle \\u2013 Professor of social studies of science and technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less From Each Other\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'