A scientist at the Human - Oriented Robotics and Control Lab at Arizona State University has created a way of controlling up to four drones with the power of the human mind . Researcher Panagiotis Artemiadis has fabricated a skull cap fitted with 128 electrodes that connects to a computer . For one, it is key that the controller is completely focused on the task at hand to fly the drone(s) The cap records brain activity and converts it into information the drones can interpret . Currently , the controller can only focus on controlling the drone , and one skull cap does not fit all . However , the technology can also be adapted for other purposes .
A scientist at the Human - Oriented Robotics and Control Lab at Arizona State University has created a way of controlling up to four drones with the power of the human mind . Researcher Panagiotis Artemiadis has fabricated a skull cap fitted with 128 electrodes that connects to a computer . The cap records brain activity and converts it into information the drones can interpret . Currently , the controller can only focus on controlling the drone , and one skull cap does not fit all . However , the technology can also be adapted for other purposes .