Brain-controlled drone race pushes future tech: A drone race has used a brain-controlled interface by which 16 pilots used willpower to drive drones through a 10-yard dash over an indoor basketball court at the University of Florida. This technology delivers an abstract thought through the digital realm and into the real world as programmers write code to translate these “imaginary motion” signals into commands that computers send to the drones. See also discussion in NPR’s Cosmos & Culture.
