This is pretty crazy. These scientists let people watch videos – and were able to reconstruct them by analysing the watchers’ brain activity. It’s not Netflix quality just yet, but hey, did I mention the paper is from 2011?

From Weekly Filet #256, in November 2017.

Reconstructing Visual Experiences from Brain Activity Evoked by Natural Movies

Cell

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