Thursday, August 26, 2010

Intel... The New Mind-reader...

A team at Intel Corporation is working on a new technology which will directly interpret words as they are thought, unlike current brain-controlled computers which require users to imagine making physical movements to control a cursor on a screen.
Dean Pomerleau, of Intel Laboratories, said, "The computer uses a form of 20 questions to narrow down what the word is." So a food related word like apple produces activity in those parts of the brain related to hunger. So the computer can infer attributes to each word being thought about and this lets the computer zero down on what the word is pretty quickly.
"We are currently mapping out the activity an average brain produces when thinking about different words. It means you'll be able to write letters, open emails or do Google searches just by thinking," Pomerleau said.
Don't know how much it will be knowlegable and how much risky. So, don't evevn think of something dangerous when you are sitting and using net in public... ;)
Well... preliminary tests of the system have shown that the computer can work out words by looking at similar brain patterns and looking for key differences that suggest what the word might be.
But, the best part... just imagine that you thought of the image to search and its on your screen...
Me Waiting... You???

3 comments:

Sanjeev said...

Exciting innovation in the offing. Lets hope it does not make a dent in our egos when we will be guided rather than guiding the computer!

Vyankatesh said...

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