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We'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 ne
by emteycz 5y ago
We'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 5y 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 5y 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-...