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- middleman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40Brain Freeze?
- MatttK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27*zoom*
That's the sound of the joke going over jedi0utkast's head. - simpleid, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31There is no spoon
- disc, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29I didn't digg the article, I just thought really hard about doing it, and now it's dugg.
- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23This is brilliant. My cousin has severe cerebral palsy and yet he's intelligent, he just can't speak or control his body. This would finally give him a chance to say what he thinks. That would be amazing.
- spectre, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28This is all well and good, but what happens when you get a BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH?
- Tiabin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Why is everyone so skeptical of this? Didn't you guys hear about the recent robot arm being controlled by the mind, etc.? The brain responds to novel things by learning how to control and manipulate them. That's how the brain learns how to control the human physical body as well (and is why physical therapy can help the brain damaged).
- ZombieJesus3000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Well this isn't quite mind over matter, your mind is nothing but electrical impulses, the idea that those impulses could be transformed into ones a computer understand isn't that farfetched.
This is very interesting though because for the longest time it seemed to me like it wasn't possible, like our brain's impulse language was too complicated for computers. - Alegis, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23Hey, if this allows for some kind of IQ restriction on sites for registration I'm all up for it. One needs to reverse the line of transfer though.
"Sorry AOL_KID77, our "intelligence scan" returned a negative result."
This sounds too good to be true. Be very skeptic my friends. - saifatlast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15It's not that crazy, they've been working on this for years. We're talking about a sensor detecting electrical impulses in your brain and interpreting them, not levitating rocks or some other BS.
- kimos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I'm sure it would look like a guy in a chair wearing a funky hat, and some letters very slowly appearing on a screen next to him.
I don't want to see a video. - sosuke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11about 15 seconds per letter, and its related to an onscreen display, the computer is judging intent, i was hoping it was reading content, still very cool
- tasadar24, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -Arthur C. Clarke
Think about this: You can cause a reaction just by your thoughts alone. That reaction is felt by something else(the computer) and the world can then respond to it(projector). And this technology is just in it's infancy!
This technology will probably be good enough for public use in a very short amount of time according to the law of accelerating returns. - seventoes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"Hey, if this allows for some kind of IQ restriction on sites for registration I'm all up for it. One needs to reverse the line of transfer though.
"Sorry AOL_KID77, our "intelligence scan" returned a negative result.""
Thats easy for web developers, just ban anyone with "AOL" in their name. - RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15It's also not quite mind over matter because it turns out his computer was a zombie spambot sending out penis-pill emails. ;)
- fartonmyear, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11you guys wanna know something pretty coincidental?
i'm actually sitting in front of a BCI system right now, as i type this. i'm an undergrad and this is my research. pretty crazy huh. - fartonmyear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9and all of you with skepticism, BCI systems work, but with very low accuracy. one word can take minutes to spell sometimes.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Low accuracy or not, one word a minute or not -- Hell, one word a *day* or not; compared to never being able to get a single word out from a brain trapped inside a completely failed body again?
This is a God-send.
[I'm speaking, mind you, as someone who had his grandmother spend the last two _years_ of her life trapped inside a flesh prison incapable of any communication. My father would have killed to have something like this available then.] - YellowJacket018, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Does this mean you can look up porn and still have both hands free!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -12/+18I'm gonna hold some skepticism on this one, but digg it with SQUINTY SHIFTING UNTRUSTING eyes. Not cause they're French, but because that's a little crazy.
- Corr0sive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Yeah i saw the guy who had the robotic mind controlled arm on one of those 60 Minutes shows. it was very interesting. the guy seemed really happy to be able to get his arm back. he was practicing drawing a circle in one part of it. You think your could man a mech with technology like this?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11What's it matter? I don't mind.
- simpleid, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10@jedi0utkast:
Are you mental? You must be pretty dumb. - chancesarent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I read a WIRED article similar to this. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/brain.html This is pretty much the same idea, except this poor kid had to get his brain sliced, diced and spliced a little to get the same results. If only he'd waited for the french showercap version.
- crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It's actually kindof funny, almost any technology can be worked into the adult industry somehow.
- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4No. 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 :) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This 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.
- VioletArrows, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I've seen this before. While definitely too slow for normal people who can use their hands or can talk, it's good for others who can't move (well). It also has matching programs that hook the user up to devices like robotic arms or other body parts, and it was tested on monkeys that played a short 'do this and get a reward' game.
- scott1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6This reminds me of this optical islussion:
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7249/veryodd1kb.jpg - aliendave, on 10/12/2007, -9/+12My mind is not getting over this matter.
- TheKillDoctor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's not French it's being demonstrated in France at an exhibition. The people doing the science are from Albany, New York.
- electrichead, on 10/12/2007, -8/+11No matter, never mind
- cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3They were in Demolition Man too.
- xyplex2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4This could excel my laziness to another level. I will be putting a display screen outside my bedroom and just order stuff.
GET ME A POT PIE - mindtrap, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7This isn't mind over matter when you have electrodes connected to your head. To me, mind over matter is being able to move a cup of coffee with your mind or twist a pencil in mid-air.
All they're doing is reading electrical current from the brain. - djdole, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Can we reverse this technology, so when someone else types in a word, it'll be thought inside the person's head?
That would be so nice.
We could explode a few annoying '1337' speakers heads by dumping their annoying leet-speak back into their brains. - simpleid, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8Ok what if... they made a hat that accepted wireless signals which translated to electronic impluses in your mind which in turn became your thoughts. Could you have a mental session with people? :)
What if the right portion of the mind could be stimulated leading to mental sex hats? Just like in that movie the demolition man.
This could redefine pornography. D: - BrianWGray, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@tizz66
Cerebral palsy disorders are caused by faulty development of or damage to motor areas in the brain that disrupts the brain's ability to control movement and posture. Don't you think that this would also impair your cousin's ability to communicate using this technology? - thrillho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2A hot chick walks by: I-'-D- -L-I-KE- -T-O- -H-I-T- -T-H-A-T.....del-del-del....
- RobotCitizen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Does the user have to be capable of thought in order to use this interface? That could greatly limit its marketability.
- grimseige, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This is very cool in the way it will help people with certain disabilities. But I'm not sure its THAT great. The guy is looking at a keyboard and staring at the letter "B" while the letters of the alphabet light up one at a time. When the "B" lights up his brain activity spikes because his brain says "my letter lit up!!". The computer then compares the timing of the spike to what was lit at that time. Then it types B
That is a completely different concept from the guy thinking "B" and then the computer writing that on the screen. - DiamondIce, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"...and unable to unable to speak..."
Don't people proof read their articles any more? Someone needs to tell these journalists that the "spell check" button isn't the be-all-end-all of proofing.
Still, very cool tech. I can see it now, people with blue-tooth chips in their head to read their thoughts, pseudo molars in their jaw for mics, a sub dermal speaker in their ear, and a contact lens that functions as a HUD, all linked to a small CPU safely enclosed in a dongle attached to their keys. It's the evolution of personal computing.
P.S. To anyone that might feel inclined to point out any grammatical errors and/or spelling errors in my comment I say to you; I am not a journalist and this is digg, I don't need, nor am I expected to have, perfect spelling and grammar. A journalist writing an article however, is expected to have exceptional grammar and spelling. - waytooslow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Captain Pike.... life imitates art yet again.
- fquednau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What'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.
- tHePeOPle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I wholeheartedly endorse your idea. Spoken like a true visionary!
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3"mental sex hats? Just like in that movie the demolition man."
Coneheads. Though it was silver rings. Hmm... - jofer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Star Trek references getting dugg down?? Am I the only one who finds this mildly ironic?
'Course, the idea itself is far older than Star Trek, so I'd be hard-pressed to consider this reality imitating art... Look at the devicies dreamed up in the 19th century to prevent people from being buried while in a vegatative state... - philmunt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Lets get Stephen Hawkings hooked up to this pronto.
- Phantom784, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1lots of new technology doesn't take off until the porn people start using it. maybe this'll be the same way.
- flite, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Make this into a remote control, and I might wear the hat. and if they could work in some mind reading/control, i'd appreciate it.
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