Facebook recently said its newaugmented reality interfacewould use wristbands that translate neural signals into actions.
Its part of a growing number of attempts to allow computers to understand the brain, experts say.
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The bands could understand basic gestures Facebook calls “clicks,” designed to be easy to perform.
Facebook also envisions the bands allowing you to pop in on a virtual keyboard by reading brain signals.
“We want computing experiences where the human is the absolute center of the entire experience.”
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Facebook isnt the only one thinking up ways to fuse the brain and a computer.
Another company working on a neural interface isElon Musks Neuralink.
One company,NextMind, claims you could build your own computer that can read your brain.
Helping the Paralyzed
Neural interfaces also are showing promise for medical uses.
To fully link man and machine, scientists are trying to understand what the brain is thinking.
Existing brain-machine interfaces allow a paralyzed personto move a robotic arm.
The rig interprets the person’s neural activity and intentions and moves the robotic arm correspondingly.
We want computing experiences where the human is the absolute center of the entire experience.
Researchersrecently announcedthey have developed a new way to read brain activity that corresponds to movement planning.
Using ultrasound technology, the technique can map brain activity from specific regions deep within the brain.
“They will be able to leverage that data to make secondary inferences or marketing decisions about you.”
