It is hard to get tone over the internet, but I hope you understand why your example is incredibly far removed from a device that meaningfully interprets EEG data and uses that data to stimulate the motor cortex with a TMS machine.

What do you consider breaking new ground? It was their goal to demonstrate the concept of human brain-to-brain interfacing. If it had not been done before, it seems to count as 'new'. What about the headline did you find misleading?