Oh wait. Maybe not.
Posted on 08/06/2019 2:33:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Kapur’s new wearable device system, can detect what you’re saying when you’re talking to yourself, even if you’re completely silent and not moving your mouth.
The technology involves a system of sensors that detect the minuscule neuromuscular signals sent by the brain to the vocal cords and muscles of the throat and tongue. These signals are sent out whenever we speak to ourselves silently, even if we make no sounds. The device feeds the signals through an A.I., which “reads” them and turns them into words. The user hears the A.I.’s responses through a microphone that conducts sound through the bones of the skull and ear, making them silent to others. Users can also respond out loud using artificial voice technology.
Kapur is currently testing the device on people with communication limitations through various hospitals and rehabilitation centers in the Boston area. These limitations could be caused by stroke, cerebral palsy or neurodegenerative diseases like ALS. In the case of ALS, the disease affects the nerves in the brain and spinal cord, progressively robbing people of their ability to use their muscles, including those that control speech. But their brains still send speech signals to the vocal cords and the 100-plus muscles involved in speaking. AlterEgo can capture those signals and turn them into speech. According to Kapur’s research, the system is about 92 percent accurate.
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
Oh wait. Maybe not.
big deal, my wife can do that...!!!.
Hell, I go to bed at night and can still hear my ex wife.
I only think to myself in Chuukese, a language that less than 50,000 people in the world speak.
“Let me get this straight. You want to sweep with me??”
One more step.
No Orwell there, right?
I wonder how it would react to a migraine or seizure sufferer?
Can it tell me why did I go to my basement or why did I open up the fridge??
Google already knows what you want to search for before you start typing. Alexa calls 911 if she deems it necessary. Your phone tells the NSA where you are. Your car can rat your driving to the insurance company.
No thanks.
Your car can rat your driving to the insurance company.
No thanks.
So how in the world do vocal cords decided to ignore what the brain is commanding them to do? Why would the brain send commands to a part of the body that should ignore those commands?
"OK, vocal cords, here's a command for you, but I also command you ignore it."Seems like that would really confuse the vocal cords.
Wouldn't it be easier for the brain to not send the signal in the first place? This doesn't add up. Maybe something was lost in translation by an ignorant "journalist."
Well played!
Oh, man.
It will be cool if you can record your dreams.
“...if I weren’t in the habit of making what they call not braking enough before coming to a stop.”
Not sure about this. Seems to me, if you came to a stop, you braked enough.
Wouldn’t it be easier for the brain to not send the signal in the first place?
I was in somewhat blissful ignorance of my tinnitus just now until I read your comment! Thanks a bunch! Now it's an ear-worm.
Coming soon to an airport and government building, near you!
FFS I feel for you, man.
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