{"id":1480,"date":"2009-04-14T06:27:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T06:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/04\/the-human-brain-and-robotics-o.html"},"modified":"2009-04-14T06:27:09","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T06:27:09","slug":"the-human-brain-and-robotics-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/04\/the-human-brain-and-robotics-o.html","title":{"rendered":"The human brain and robotics: One step closer to Transhumanism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Lynn Hayes<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Honda.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/69\/import\/images\/Honda.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/n\/a\/2009\/03\/31\/international\/i112909D64.DTL\">Researchers from Honda Motor Company<\/a> have developed a new way to analyze human brain patterns and translate them into commands for their new generation of robots. &nbsp;Several years ago I predicted that in the Age of Aquarius, at which we are on the brink, the distinction between the human brain and technology will be blurred, and computers will plug into our brains directly and pick up our thoughts. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2008\/10\/the-technological-alteration-o.html\">Other research<\/a> is beginning to show that the use of technology is changing the human brain as we adapt to the new demands of our changing world. As I wrote in this earlier article:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p>Since Neptune entered Aquarius in the late 1990s following the Uranus\/Neptune conjunction of 1992-1995, the boundaries between humans and technology (Uranus\/Aquarius) have blurred (Neptune). &nbsp;When Uranus entered Pisces in 2003, instigating the mutual reception that has been in place since then with Uranus in the sign ruled by Neptune and Neptune in the sign ruled by Uranus, this blurring has increased exponentially. &nbsp;So really, for the last 15 years we have been wandering into uncharted technological territory. &nbsp;This period saw the explosion of the internet and the wiring of nearly every human being on the planet into the World Wide Web.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p>This hard-wiring of technology into our brains comes easier for those of us who are already rather electric in nature, with Uranus strong in our charts. &nbsp;For others it&#8217;s a more difficult process.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lynn Hayes Researchers from Honda Motor Company have developed a new way to analyze human brain patterns and translate them into commands for their new generation of robots. &nbsp;Several years ago I predicted that in the Age of Aquarius, at which we are on the brink, the distinction between the human brain and technology&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-age-of-aquarius","category-consciousness","category-future-shock"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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