'A new breed of superhumans that can communicate using their thoughts alone could be a reality within decades, a brain surgeon has predicted.
These telepathic superhumans will transfer information to other people and machines using brain implants, according to Dr Eric Leuthardt.
The Washington University brain surgeon believes getting a brain implant will be as common as getting plastic surgery or a tattoo.
'A true fluid neural integration is going to happen,' Dr Leuthardt told MIT Technology Review as part of an in-depth feature.
'It's just a matter of when. If it's 10 or 100 years in the grand scheme of things, it's a material development in the course of human history', he said.
As well as his duties as a neurosurgeon, Dr Leuthardt has also published two novels and written a play aimed at 'preparing society for the changes ahead'.
In his first novel - a techno-thriller called RedDevil 4 - 90 per cent of humans have computer hardware in their brains.
With his work he has an understanding of the inherent limitations of the brain and also how technology could overcome these limitations.
Dr Leuthardt believes at the pace technology is changing 'it's not inconceivable to think that in a 20-year time frame everything in a cell phone could be put into a grain of rice'.'
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