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Perhaps there is hope for BCI. I always thought the signals was just noise.
by sydthrowaway 4y ago
Perhaps there is hope for BCI. I always thought the signals was just noise.
- emteycz 4y agoWe've been able to turn brain signals into words for at least a decade, if not more. The only problem is the skull. It was verified on epilepsy patients (who needed to have their skull open) way back.
- burnished 4y agoCan you cite that one? I'm surprised, I had heard about recognizable linguistic activity (evidently you can see your brain working extra hard when it has to re-interpret a sentence you've already started due to additional context), but nothing like recognizable words.
- emteycz 4y ago2010: In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100907071249.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100907071249.h... 2014: https://www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/09/172124/a-speech-synthesizer-direct-to-the-brain/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/09/172124/a-speech-...
- bogwog 4y agoThere's got to be some AI magic that can make sense of it. It'd at least be cooler than seeing a teddy bear riding a skateboard in times square.
- sodality2 4y agoI feel like you're understating the awesomeness of a teddy bear riding a skateboard in times square, though.