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MIT Researcher Creates Mind-Controlled Internet Search Headset (www.unilad.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Arnav Kapur developed AlterEgo, a headset that allows users to search the internet using thought
The device picks up brain signals associated with words and uses them to query the internet
It can answer questions, solve math problems, and access information discreetly and silently.
Beyond personal use, it aims to help people with speech disorders like ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and MS (multiple sclerosis).

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

You can tell it's bullshit right away because it's not anywhere near the brain. How do you pick up brain signals from the jaw? Compare this to what you need for an EEG and all of that gear is there to just record responses to pulses of light.

[–] Cyyy 1 points 2 months ago

it's the same bs as facebooks "brain armband" which just picks up signals from muscle activity and not really from the brain. but because the brain is triggering those signals they call it "brain interface". it's just bs.

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