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Could be. But it also could be that we would be able to tap into nerves and make artificial hands sooner than a usable interface between the brains and computer
by CWIZO 14y ago
Could be. But it also could be that we would be able to tap into nerves and make artificial hands sooner than a usable interface between the brains and computer (there is a whole set of other problems to solve here). And that would mean that the interface for the computer would stay the same (keyboard, mouse, touch screen, ...) but our hands would be mechanical (and you couldn't get Carpal Tunnel Syndrom since, well, you wouldn't have a carpal tunnel :))
- StavrosK 14y agoWhat are the other problems? Making a prosthetic arm is a superset of getting inputs from nerves, since you need to do that to make the actual arm. Besides, Microsoft already did that, as this very post indicates.
- CWIZO 14y agoWell for starters you would have to read the signals from the brain, otherwise you are limited to the nerves in your hands. Maybe I wasn't clear enough about what I mean. I was thinking along the lines of thought control, not that you would control a virtual hand, if you will, on the computer. And if you wanted that you would, like I said, have to capture brain activity and develop software that would be able to make sense of your thoughts and translate those thoughts into actions on the computer ... this, to me, is a whole different game.