physorg.com — Sitting stone still under a skull cap fitted with a couple dozen electrodes, American scientist Peter Brunner stares at a laptop computer. Without so much as moving a nostril hair, he suddenly begins to compose a message -- letter by letter -- on a giant screen overhead...
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Closed AccountJun 9, 2006
This is amazing news. While many people are sitting here pissing and whining over things like Net Neutrality and the RIAA; thousands of people who otherwise wouldn't be able to communicate with us now have a voice they can speak with loud and clear! Major DIGG.
tizz66Jun 9, 2006
No. He still communicates, but only currently by choosing between two options on his left and right, and by looking at one of them. It would perhaps not be accurate enough for him to use on a normal-sized monitor, but regardless, the technology provides more options than are available to him at present.The article itself says it is designed for people woth cerebral palsy :)
elamrJun 9, 2006
Stephen Hawking is going to do some damange with this. Merge that tech with SitePal <a class="user" href="http://www.oddcast.com/sitepal/">http://www.oddcast.com/sitepal/</a> and you've got real magic.
fquednauJun 9, 2006
What's mind over matter got to do with SCi-Fi? It's spiritual wisdom roughly a few thousand years old. I know, the article is a different subject altogether.
fingerthehutJun 9, 2006
Hmm.. Get ready for carpal tunnel of the brain!