Um, cool.  Maybe we won’t be jacking in anytime soon, but we’re definitely seeing a blending of human and machine.  These are most certainly post-human times.  A neural interface system called BrainGate has moved to phase II of clinical testing.  What is BrainGate?

A baby aspirin-size brain sensor containing 100 electrodes, each thinner than a human hair, that connects to the surface of the motor cortex (the part of the brain that enables voluntary movement), registers electrical signals from nearby neurons, and transmits them through gold wires to a set of computers, processors and monitors. The goal is for patients with brain stem stroke, ALS, and spinal cord injuries to eventually be able to control prosthetic limbs directly form their brains.

(Speaking of jacking in, if you all didn’t see this article from June 2008, maybe that’s not as far off as we think…)

via Researchers expand clinical study of brain implant – Boing Boing.