Researchers Sponsored By Facebook Able To Link Minds To Machines

FACEBOOK – Researchers backed by Facebook are recently able to convert brain signals into words, materializing their view of linking minds and machines.

According to a post in ABS-CBN, scientists from University of California, San Francisco recently published a study which showcased progress on a new kind of brain-computer interface.

The said study involves the use of brain implants, however, it might be a step that leads to fulfilling the goal without the use of implants like augmented reality (AR) glasses with sensors.

The company behind the social media platform said in an online post regarding on the project that to be able to type directly from the human mind can be acceptable as a given, further adding that it was in the field of science fiction before until this project was made.

As per the report, the breakthrough project will aid people with paralysis, spinal cord injuries, neurodegenerative diseases, or any ailments that render them speechless. The project will also allow people to control technology just by thinking like augmented reality (AR) glasses.

The company further said that it’s not too early to begin thinking through the essentials questions that needs answers before that potentially powerful technology could be commercialized.

The project was sponsored by Facebook Reality Labs, which is a research unit by the social media giant which is fixated on technology for AR and virtual reality (VR) experiences.

This is also part of “Project Steno” which ventures the possibility of a wearable device that allows people to type by simply imagining to talk.

Andrew Bosworth, vice president of the AR and VR section said that this shows possibility on how in the future input and interact with AR glasses can possibly look like.

They further said that they aim to decode a hundred words per minute in real time with a vocabulary of a thousand words and a 17% error rate.

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