Comments on: Chips in Brains Will Replace Keyboards, Mice, Dial Phones, and TV Remote Controls

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:30:20 +0000

Very, very interesting, Merkin. Thank you for the information and I hope it works really well for you.

By: merkin

merkin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:06:48 +0000

I am disabled and will eventually will not be able to speak. I am involved in a trial for an artificial voice system that will allow me to speak and enter text into the computer just by thinking about what I want to say. It is through the University of Illinois.

It doesn't read brain waves, the researchers say they are too hard to reliably detect and decode. It reads and interprets the nerve impulses going to your vocal cords. They are much easier to decode since they are only associated with the voice.

The voice comes out of a speaker in.a dental plate in your mouth. You provide inflection to the speech by manipulating your mouth and lips just like you do in normal speech. I have not yet been fitted with the device. They say it takes a month to learn how to use it.

By: Rudi

Rudi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:56:57 +0000

Give me a robust headset, but keep a chip out of my brain. With a headset I can remove(choice) the interlink…

By: TheMagicalSkyFather

TheMagicalSkyFather — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:14:13 +0000

Nanotech, transhumanisim and Artificial Intelligence should be in their infancy by then though.

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:38:56 +0000

I wonder where we will realistically be in 25 – 30 years

I wouldn't worry about it, the Singularity (AKA as the rapture for nerds) isn't going to happen in the next 25 years… We'll be to busy trying to survive Global Warming and Hubert's Peak…

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:34:02 +0000

I can imagine they will find a way in the coming decades for a person to move a cursor on the screen,

Already been done...
Brain Power: Mind Control of External Devices

By: belindatow

belindatow — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:08:03 +0000

Wow..Thats an awesome post. Thanks for sharing it.

By: ordinarysparrow

ordinarysparrow — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:21:44 +0000

Say it ain't so Joe. . . .

By: champ1

champ1 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:03:36 +0000

Remember Captain Kirk talking to Spock on their 2 way speaking devices. In the late 60's it really seemed too far out to really imagine. Those speaking devices look a little old fashioned now. I still wish I had a phaser though.

At the rate our “intelligence” is growing boggles the imagination. I wonder where we will realistically be in 25 – 30 years. I just hope we never forget we are human and that the human emotions, thoughts and feelings are timeless and do not change with the improved technology.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:44:28 +0000

One problem people will have with this tech is whether the human brain is actually organized enough for this sort of action. I can imagine they will find a way in the coming decades for a person to move a cursor on the screen, but people will move the mouse a bit, and then their brain will wander off in a completely normal, good fashion. Removing mouse control from immediate thought to something like the hand might actually make consistent action easier.

Then there's reading thoughts in the mind, so that you can “think” a sentence and have it appear in Word. As a linguist and cog sci ABD person, this is many decades away I feel safe to say.

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:22:17 +0000

Great! Sign me up. And while you're at it, give me a flu vaccination.

Had a friend take her dog to get microchipped at the vet. She said you couldn't even see the damn thing. Was in a liquid suspension in the syringe and if no one had told her, she never would've known her dog was being microchipped that way.

Weird.!?

By: SteveK

SteveK — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:18:49 +0000

This is incredibly exciting… Where do you sign up to be a Alpha test subject?