World first: real-time translation of brainwaves to speech
Sciencealert is reporting on a new technological milestone achieved by US researchers that is enabling a paralyzed man who lost the ability to physically speak, to communicate via an implant that scans his brainwaves and decodes them to speech in real-time. There’s a cool overview video included in the article so be sure to check it out.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterized by the fusion of the digital, biological and physical worlds, with progress in each of these arenas reinforcing progress in others; and to me the breakthrough described in this article is a great example of the 4IR at work, and the kind of good that can come from this progress.
It’s quite easy to glance at this article and think ‘huh, cool’ , but just take a second to think how far we have come and how much complexity we have mastered to be able to use electrodes to measure brain activity, and then convert those patterns into synthesized human speech – in real-time!
It is mind-blowing! … although in the context of this article, that may perhaps not be the best description one could be using …
I believe that in no time legs and other body parts will be built and be connected to the neural system of the user so that they become one with the body and brain.
Tech is so wounderfull
wow..
mind blown
wow..
Amazing
wow
#4IR
THIS JUST BLOWN MY MIND !!!!!
Technology is here. The future is near. Lets revolutionize the world
Some big thing hey