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computers are operated by power it requires the user to move the cursor on the screen mentally, but the new computer will be directly read the words thought up by the user.
Intel scientists are mapping the brain activity when people think of certain words, by measuring the activity at about 20,000 locations in the brain.
The tools used to perform mapping today is Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner is expensive, the same as that used in hospitals, but a senior researcher at Intel that Pomerlau Dean said that the smaller equipment to be worn on the head is being developed. Having mapped the brain activity of the computer will be able to determine what words are being contemplated by identifying the patterns of the same brain and the differences between them.
If his plan succeeded, the user can surf the internet, write email and run activities on the computer just by thinking about it. Intel Laboratory Director Justin Ratner said that it is clear that humans are no longer limited by the use of a keyboard / keyboard and mouse / mouse, and mind reading is the best user interface. He said that he believed the problems could be overcome privacy concerns. normal people computer users may be reluctant to adopt technologies that operate a computer by reading their minds, but on the other hand, those who can not use a keyboard or mouse because of disability should know that this new technology gives them more freedom and opportunity to communicate.
Pomerlau say that these words produced activity in parts of the brain associated with what is represented by the word. So, think about foods like apples said generating activity in parts of the brain associated with hunger, on the other hand, a word that is physically associated such as shovels, generating activity in areas associated with motor cortex to produce the physical movement of digging. In this way the computer can infer the nature of a word to narrow down and quickly identify it.
A prototype that was able to function, it can detect words such as houses, barns and a screwdriver, but with the development of more sophisticated brain scanning, the ability of computers to understand the mind will increase.
If his plan succeeded, the user can surf the internet, write email and run activities on the computer just by thinking about it. Intel Laboratory Director Justin Ratner said that it is clear that humans are no longer limited by the use of a keyboard / keyboard and mouse / mouse, and mind reading is the best user interface. He said that he believed the problems could be overcome privacy concerns. normal people computer users may be reluctant to adopt technologies that operate a computer by reading their minds, but on the other hand, those who can not use a keyboard or mouse because of disability should know that this new technology gives them more freedom and opportunity to communicate.
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