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| Hawking in 2006 (Public Domain) |
According to Levi Sharpe of Popular Science, it is
now possible for a computer algorithm to “associate speech sounds… with different firing patterns in the brain cells.”
What this literally becomes is a system that can “translate brain activity into written words” (in other words, a type of computerized mind reading).
This remarkable system works best when its electrode grid is placed directly on the brain, rather than on the scalp. It also needs to be highly customized because “every person’s brain is so unique.”
Whereas ALS-sufferer Steven Hawking has been using an external device “to pick out words on a screen for a computer to read,” this new brain-to-text technology would make it possible to more directly
“speak” what’s on his mind.
Resources
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/mind-reading-tech-translates-thoughts-into-text/ar-AAbYAV6
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