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Tobii and Lenovo Unveil the First Eye-Controlled Laptop

by Socrates
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The human-computer user interface has been one of the slowest to evolve and typewriter-style of keyboard and mouse controls are still the norm. The interface, however, is not going to be limited forever by the above combo, no matter how prevalent it may be today. We have already witnessed the introduction and growing success of touch-screen and voice-control devices becoming widely available to the public. Ultimately, the future of human-computer interface is one of direct brain-computer communication – you think of something and the computer starts doing it. Voice control and eye-control, however, are likely the intermediary stages on the way to direct brain-computer interface. We have already seen the wide introduction and consequent adoption of the former and it is about time we also start seeing the latter. Recently, my favorite laptop company – Lenovo, partnered with Swedish eye-control [...]

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Forget Flying Cars, Brain Driven Cars are the Next Big Thing

by Tara Miller
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“Look Mom, no hands!” might not only be a phrase used for excited  young bicyclists but may also translate onto speedy and congested highways if a group of Artificial Intelligence German researchers perfect their latest project—brain-powered vehicles. The team of researchers, who work for AutoNOMOS innovation labs in Freie Universitat Berlin, are in the midst of compromising a technological system called the BrainDriver that will make all of those pesky tasks like using hands and feet to steer and brake obsolete. Drivers will also be able to spark the ignition, turn left and right, and accelerate or decelerate simply using their brain waves. Sounds like something ripped out the pages of a H.G. Wells novel right? Well if lead researcher Paul Rojas and his colleagues can work out all the kinks in their state-of-the-art technology, then the steering wheel might just [...]

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Mind Technologies’ Mind Mouse And Master Mind Thought-Controlled Software

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Mind Technologies Inc is currently the software leader in thought controlled software applications. The company creates applications for the Emotiv EPOC neuro-headset, a revolutionary new personal interface for human-computer interaction. The Emotiv EPOC is a high resolution, neuro-signal acquisition and processing wireless neuro-headset which uses a set of sensors to tune into electric signals produced by the brain to detect player thoughts, feelings and expressions and connects wirelessly to most PCs. In essence, it is a brain-computer interface technology which reads the electrical impulses of your brain. Since every thought that we have has a different neuron firing pattern, with the help of EEG technology and the latest from the growing field of cognitive mapping, we can capture the electrical impulse, read it with the headset and convert it into a software command. Currently Mind Technologies Inc has 3 applications [...]

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Mind Over Matter: The Future Of Human-Computer Interfaces

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The human-computer user interface has been one of the slowest to evolve and typewriter-style of keyboard and mouse controls are still the norm. The interface, however, is not going to be limited forever by the above combo, no matter how prevalent it may be today. We have already witnessed the introduction and growing success of touch-screen and voice-control devices becoming widely available to the public. Ultimately, the future of human-computer interface is one of direct brain-computer communication. For example, check out the following 3 videos to see a few recent projects from labs across the globe. A Canadian company is developing a pioneering thought control technology that will eventually allow us to control objects and move matter only with our mind.  Check out the attached Reuters News video report by Jim Drury about the future of human-computer interface. Swiss researchers [...]

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Mind Reading, Thought Control and Neuro Marketing: Is “the Lord of the World” still science fiction?

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Is there any “science fiction” left? Or is it all just “science” in its different stages of development? It seems to me that most of the 20th century science fiction is already either a hard reality or in the process of development. (Just think about the advances in air and space travel, computers, the internet, genetic engineering etc) For example, when I was in my early teens I fell in love with what was then science fiction. Growing up in a communist country, behind the thick drapes of the Iron Curtain, one of the first sci fi authors that I read was naturally Alexander Belyayev. In Bulgaria Belyayev was well known for his novel Amphibian Man (1928) but also for Professor Dowell’s Head (1925), the Island of Crushed Ships and the Lord of the World (1942). In his the Lord [...]

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What’s on Your Mind? Now Machines Know Better Than You Do

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Not long ago I wrote on mind reading, thought control and neuro marketing in an article called Is the Lord of the World Still Science Fiction? One of the videos that I have embedded on that post was an incredible short documentary on the present and future of mind reading technology that I highly recommend. (In case you missed the video you can watch it towards the end of the post here) Just a couple of days ago Reuters News published another article on the same topic titled Now Scientists Read Your Mind Better Than You Can. There you can discover that brain scans may be able to predict what you will do better than you can yourself, and might offer a powerful tool for advertisers or health officials seeking to motivate consumers. In other words, now scientists with fMRI [...]

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Thought Controlled Mouse Cursor: Direct Brain-Computer Interface

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The computer user interface has been one of the slowest to evolve and typewriter-style of keyboard and mouse devices are still the norm. It has been only in the last 5 years or so that we have seen the introduction and growing success of touch-screen and voice-controlled devices becoming widely available to the public. In the lab  researchers have been working steadily on the ultimate UI — direct brain-computer interface. This video demonstrates two-dimensional cursor control using a direct brain-computer interface in humans who have electrodes implanted on the surface of their brain. Some potential applications include but are not limited to assisting people with severe disabilities in prosthetic limb or wheelchair control, or specific brain-tissue rehabilitation of particular parts of the brain. Related articles by Zemanta Is the ‘Avatar’ concept really possible? (cnn.com) Brain-Computer Interface Allows Person-to-person Communication Through [...]

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Best of Singularity Blog

by Socrates

Even though it has been only a bit more than a month since the beginning of this blog I am happy to note that there is already a tight group of people who have subscribed to my feed and continue to come back and read my posts on a regular basis. I want to take this opportunity to do 2 things: First and foremost I want to thank you all for the generous gift of your interest, your time and your moral support. I cherish those dearly and promise to do my best to provide you with more interesting, more relevant and better written singularity content during the new 2010. In the end, without you — my readers, both the Singularity Weblog and the Singularity Symposium website will be not only pointless but will cease to exist. It is your [...]

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