On Wednesday, April 19th, Regina Dugan spoke as a keynote at Facebook’s F8 developer’s conference. She states that Building 8 has been working on a “brain-computer interface” for the past several months. This “mind-reading technology” is said to help people type 100 words per minute, that's five times faster than most people can type from their smartphones, and all from your mind. Ms. Dugan was hired by Facebook from Google last year under the job description to develop what she called “audacious science.” Dugan explained that the program wasn’t about decoding random thoughts and ideas. Instead, Facebook aims to interpret and send/share people’s thoughts that they would’ve expressed anyway. She explained that the new technology could not only enhance everyday life but that it could also help disabled people voice their thoughts and opinions. Other things that Building 8 is working on is technology that could help people “hear” with their skin and augmented reality technology.
The idea of having “tiny brain electrodes” implanted in your brain that can interpret your thoughts and ideas and then send them to others is not a technology that can be taken lightly. This technology opens up a lot of doors to not only help people but also to potentially hurt others. What do you think? Would you go through the procedure to be able to type 100 wpm without looking at a screen and send thoughts and ideas to others?
I love the idea of adding more efficiency to our lives. People tend to make waste of the opportunities that are given to them. Not only that Think of the possibilities of those who are in comas, they would have the chance to communicate through a computer then they were in their vegetable state. I think this is a plus because It will attract other companies to this idea, its unique to just them.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool, and while it seems it is very early on in adoption (for obvious reasons) to see this be tested publicly; in a sort of "beta" would be very interesting to view or even partake in! Just to see how differently and more efficiently humans conduct their day to day activities.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a promising innovation! I also hope that they are able to have a turn off switch, in order for people not to type every thought that they make have. This could speed up work processes and be efficient. Furthermore, this could be used in medical fields with people who cannot speak but are well able to think things, so this could ease communication.
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