07-12-2017, 07:35 AM
These linkages are usually called 'brain-computer interfaces' or 'brain-machine interfaces' in the literature; the term 'DNI' which we use in OA is a legacy of the transhumanist literture of the late 1990's, but it is slightly more accurate than the 'BMI' term used in this article, since some or many DNI links would be to parts of the nervous system other than the brain.