[TIL-5] A wearable device that can hear the words you say in your head

MIT has created a device that listens to the voice inside your head and follows unspoken commands e.g when you look at the screen and you think of scrolling down or up, the screen does the action as well.

Source

It uses electrodes to read brain activity then a machine learning system matches the signal with words. More of the details here.

Source

So far, Alter Ego recognizes about 100 words and is 92% accurate.

Eventually the researchers say it will be able to understand entire conversations. People with vocal disabilities could benefit from the system and it could have military applications, allowing soldiers to communicate silently with each other.

Everything looks promising but would you also like a machine that listens to your brain?

Till next time,

Header info is a slang acronym for Today I Learned.
This will contain all of my minor epiphanies and discoveries :+1: