UNMA - Utrecht New Media Evening #3 Brain-Computer Interfaces Descartes already asked himself if there were ways of being sure that his brains were located in his head and not somewhere in a plastic tray controlled by demons. Kevin Warwick, a professor who presents himself as the world’s first cyborg, claims he had a direct brain connection with his wife. And Uri Geller is said to use brainpower to bend spoons. So, what can we control with our own brains and what is made possible with brain-computer interfaces? How do scientists and artists currently use sensors capable of capturing brain signals and how are computers able to interpret these signals? The iPhone, for instance, is already able to follow your sleeping patterns and wake you in time, but are there also other dreams that computers are capable of tapping?

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