TW: The Germans, amongst others, are charging ahead with research into systems that would convert brain waves into physical actions (e.g. typing, manipulating objects, steering vehicles etc.). The first beneficiaries might be those with significant and even total paralysis. The uses beyond that get far out. As one can imagine our Defense Department is providing funding for military uses. The article gets into some detail, I only grabbed a small snip.
From Der Spiegel:
"Imagine controlling machines, typing text or juggling balls using nothing but the power of thought. What sounds like far-fetched science fiction is gradually becoming possible, providing hope for disabled patients -- and new gimmicks for the computer gaming industry.
DIZ SENTENS IS WRUTEN WID TAUGHTS. No keyboard, no hands, no blinking even. I think, therefore I write.
My original plan was to write this article with nothing but the power of thought, but the technology of transforming ideas into characters is still crude and prone to error...
The goal of BCI is to enable the user to use thoughts -- instead of a keyboard, mouse or touch screen -- to control a computer's actions..."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,644296,00.html
From Der Spiegel:
"Imagine controlling machines, typing text or juggling balls using nothing but the power of thought. What sounds like far-fetched science fiction is gradually becoming possible, providing hope for disabled patients -- and new gimmicks for the computer gaming industry.
DIZ SENTENS IS WRUTEN WID TAUGHTS. No keyboard, no hands, no blinking even. I think, therefore I write.
My original plan was to write this article with nothing but the power of thought, but the technology of transforming ideas into characters is still crude and prone to error...
The goal of BCI is to enable the user to use thoughts -- instead of a keyboard, mouse or touch screen -- to control a computer's actions..."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,644296,00.html
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