Professor Stephen Hawking's brain

In 2012, Stanford University said it had created a device that could transfer brain waves into computers, hoping it would "hack" directly the brain of the great theoretical physicist Hawking, when the body His disability is shrinking.

Stanford scientists (USA) - led by Dr. Phillip Low - are working with Professor Stephen Hawking to access his brain waves directly.

They called the tool used for this work, iBrain, designed to collect brain waves and transmit them to computers. In the composition of iBrain there is a black tape containing many neurotransmitters, used to squeeze on the head of a person who needs brain waves.

The Telegraph newspaper said that at the Francis Crick Memorial conference in Cambridge (UK) next month, Mr. Low will be able to demonstrate the technology on Professor Hawking himself.

Professor Stephen Hawking wears the iBrain device.(Photo: healthmad.com).

"We want to find a way for the professor's brain to work without depending on the body. This is very much like hacking into a professor's brain," Mr. Low told the Telegraph.

Basically, this is the latest test in mind reading. Professor Hawking used this technology.

Last summer, Low flew to England to meet Professor Hawking. Low wears iBrain to the professor and asks him to use a lot of brain energy to imagine squeezing a ball. The goal is to see if the professor's thoughts can be translated into words, through a series of signals.

At the time, Mr. Low told the New York Times: "We want to see if there are any changes in the signal. And in fact, we have noticed that."

Low told the Telegraph: "This brainwave technology opens up the ability to connect predetermined movements with a word library and turn them into words, thereby providing people with plant neurological damage. Communication tools rely more on the brain than on the body ".

Professor Hawking's arm is shrinking. The Daily Mail said, he may no longer be able to use his "speech machine" anymore. Now Professor Hawking uses a tool called "cheek switch" , which takes a few minutes to create a message.

iBrain is proposed as an alternative. Even iBrain researchers believe that one day it could help treat depression and autism.