Kevin Warwick

Professor Kevin Warwick, a professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, plans to place a chip in his arm, shortly, to receive and play back signals from his nervous system, as well as producing signals of its own. If he and his associates observe no adverse side effects, he plans to place a similar chip in his wife's arm and -- at her insistence -- attempt to transmit signals from one nervous system to another. If it succeeds, it will produce a primitive form of technologically assisted sensory telepathy or empathy.

Professor Warwick has made dramatic claims about the importance of his research and the threat of increasing machine intelligence. Many view Warwick as a self-publicist, and regard his claims with extreme skepticism.

Update: As of March 22 2002, Kevin Warwick has now actually had a chip implanted. See the Ananova story below.

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External links:

• http://www.kevinwarwick.com/
• http://www.kevinwarwick.org.uk/
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Update:

• Anaova story, with pictures of the chip and operation