If you haven’t been keeping up with the current neuro-technology scene, the above scenario may sound like nothing more than a tale of scientific fancy. However, incredibly enough, this exact experiment was completed just a few months ago at the University of Washington and is only the latest in a long string of milestones toward “synthetic telepathy.” In this article, we will touch upon each of these milestones, and most notably on the development of the brain computer interface, a key stepping stone in the path to the brain-to-brain interface. After a brief discussion of the research itself, we will then take a look at the ethics of the technology and what these advancements really mean for the rest of us.