Twitter Now Accepts Telepathy
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Given what it means to be hooked up to an EEG (I've had one), I think it's more likely to be used for beneficial purposes, and again, the technology is in it's infancy.Nossy said:
Yes, because you wouldn't have the equipment unless you DID need to use it. Do you realize this isn't some infomercial Magic Jack product, this is nearly million dollar equipment that could provide the injured better ways to communicate. Next you'll tell me Steven Hawking is lazy for having a computer controlled by his eyeballs.Nossy said:
That's kinda sad. I mean, the technology is impressive, but I would hope there would be something more useful than tweeting in the works.The_root_of_all_evil said:
EDIT: I didn't really think about injured people. I could see a use there, but I don't know how many cases there would be where voice recognition wouldn't be superior.
we're boned
Obvious one would be when the voice isn't available. Damage to the spinal chord can easily paralyse muscles used for talking, tracheotomy, a number of possible cases.Knonsense said:
Your spine has been smashed. You cannot talk. You can barely move. All you can do is live and breathe with the assistance of others. You have only your senses and no output: you have no mouth, and you must scream.
This device enables you to speak again through selective character recognition. Admittedly, the connection to Twitter is simply to stimulate the headlines, but text-entry is different from mouse-control, and Twitter's powerful APIs and text-based simplicity makes it a good candidate. Now hook it up to a command-line system instead, and suddenly you have the ability to run programs by name selection. A text editor? Now you can write down the entirety of how you feel, how you came to be in your situation, your hopes and dreams, the ideas you've been having. Or you can just let the world know you exist.
The sheer negative reaction to this astounds me. I would hate to be trapped in my body without speech, motion, anything more than death - it is living hell. This is the first of many, many small steps to mitigate that.
And in the long-term? This is just another advancement for humanity in the Cognitive sciences. Combined with Biological, Informational, and Nanotechnology fields, we're building a better human.
This device enables you to speak again through selective character recognition. Admittedly, the connection to Twitter is simply to stimulate the headlines, but text-entry is different from mouse-control, and Twitter's powerful APIs and text-based simplicity makes it a good candidate. Now hook it up to a command-line system instead, and suddenly you have the ability to run programs by name selection. A text editor? Now you can write down the entirety of how you feel, how you came to be in your situation, your hopes and dreams, the ideas you've been having. Or you can just let the world know you exist.
The sheer negative reaction to this astounds me. I would hate to be trapped in my body without speech, motion, anything more than death - it is living hell. This is the first of many, many small steps to mitigate that.
And in the long-term? This is just another advancement for humanity in the Cognitive sciences. Combined with Biological, Informational, and Nanotechnology fields, we're building a better human.
Damn it, Twitter! Why must you make me eat my words?
This is actually pretty cool, though.The_Oracle said:
I've actually read a new scientist article about a sheet of rubber with an embedded electrode grid (sugically implanted between skull and brain) that has been used in a very similar fashion, but is many hundreds of times more sensitive and easy to use. If I recall correctly, users could control a cursor on a computer screen easily after 30 minutes of practice.
Edit: The article is here [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13332]
Edit: The article is here [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13332]
