A California-based team was inspiration behind devising a way that could help in uploading large amount of information in human brain, and that too in a matter of seconds. The team was first to record the electric brain signals of a trained pilot. With such a development, humans could learn any skill in a very short time span.

The researchers at HRL Laboratories believe that they have designed a simulator that could transfer information to human brain at great speed. The stimulator is in the form of a cap that stimulates certain parts of brain to emulate brain activity of pilot. Then these caps were tested by being issued to people to learn flying with a flight simulator.

As a result, the group learned the new skill 33% quicker than another group which wasn’t provided with stimulator. According to Matthew Phillips, one of the researchers, when one learns a thing, the brain alters physically. The process which makes strong connections is called neuro-plasticity. There are functions such as speech and memory, which are located in certain regions of the brain. The stimulator makes changes in that part of the brain as a person learns.

“As we discover more about optimizing, personalizing, and adapting brain stimulation protocols, we'll likely see these technologies become routine in training and classroom environments. It's possible that brain stimulation could be implemented for classes like drivers' training, SAT prep, and language learning”, said Dr. Matthew of HRL's Information & System Sciences Laboratory.

Our brain uses pathways that take years to make us learn a task. The cap also creates new neural pathways rather than simply improving memory. Cap can be used to gain skills such as speaking foreign language or driving a car.