Tech | November 20, 2009 | 124 comments

Intel wants brain implants in its customers' heads by 2020

source: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-11/intel-wants-brain-implants-consumers-heads-...

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If the idea of turning consumers into true cyborgs sounds creepy, don't tell Intel researchers. Intel's Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control all sorts of gadgets directly via brain waves by 2020.

The scientists anticipate that consumers will adapt quickly to the idea, and indeed crave the freedom of not requiring a keyboard, mouse, or remote control for surfing the Web or changing channels. They also predict that people will tire of multi-touch devices such as our precious iPhones, Android smart phones and even Microsoft's wacky Surface Table.

Turning brain waves into real-world tech action still requires some heavy decoding of brain activity. The Intel team has already made use of fMRI brain scans to match brain patterns with similar thoughts across many test subjects.

Plenty of other researchers have also tinkered in this area. Toyota recently demoed a wheelchair controlled with brainwaves, and University of Utah researchers have created a wireless brain transmitter that allows monkeys to control robotic arms.

There are still more implications to creating a seamless brain interface, besides having more cyborgs running around. If scientists can translate brain waves into specific actions, there's no reason they could not create a virtual world with a full spectrum of activity tied to those brain waves. That's right -- we're seeing Matrix creep.




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  • KSirys
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    • Charlespistol:

      That's what most people are right now. Slaves to their habits. No one asks themselves, "How much of my time is wasted?"
      You couldn't buy a minute with a Billion dollars. Everyone is born with a certain number of days - yet we throw them away as if they had no value at all.

      Video games. Movies. Television. - Television programs!

      Let's see, what are we reading? Oh yeah, Current...

    • 2 years ago
  • bethopea
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    • Charlespistol:

      "slaves to their habits"

      Habits are difficult to break...besides the great balance in life has shifted ... the USA does not produce anything anymore - it only caters to the service industry - services -services - services are what make people lazy. ... who has time to produce anything - 10 hours or work or study, 4 hours of getting to and from work, 6 hours of sleep - the rest is to do exactly that - REST, zone out...

    • 2 years ago
  • SleepDirt
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      "Let's see, what are we reading? Oh yeah, Current"

      So it's your view that exchanging ideas and points of view with others of your kind is a waste of time? I couldn't agree less.

    • 2 years ago
  • dalistuff
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    • dalistuff:

      http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Issues/2009/109

      i in puppy linux now...first time for everything. it's quite quick!! think ima try TinyCore on another...so many distros... =) SO many distros =P lol THANK YOU Linux Pro Magazine!!!! Even a kick ass partitioner and an hd restoration utility right off the damn disk =P lol but I make my living on MaX.4/5 (blue and white Leopards are on the rise!) and i have used windoze b4. I have a feeling though I hear a lot smack about 7 that i might actually like it. I hate to say but I've been impressed with them. I needed a kb-mouse combo wireless preferably and Microsoft delivered in my not so humble. I mean every other kb-mouse set I saw they wanted at least 100 bones for it. Now comon...I try to care of mine but i do beat em up and they are just plastic =P lol Seems the latest suites only intel in a box anymore so I sulter and pine for new

    • 2 years ago
  • tangibleparadox
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    • This is just one of those "A and/or B" situations. It's great scientifically, practically. But it's not so great for concern of malfunction or 'hacking' or things of that matter. People steal Social Security numbers and IDs and get away... what if someone hacked into your brain and controlled you? Sci-Fi!! Cool thought to entertain.... :)

    • 2 years ago
  • Einsam_Data_Old
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    • unimatrix0:

      Ok, whatever the motion of the ocean. Still, my favorite scene in Star Trek 1st Contact is the scene where the Klingon Worf aims his pulse rifle at the cyborgs
      floating away with their beacon like acolytes around an altar to technology, then
      says: "Assimilate THIS"

    • 2 years ago
  • CalPerr
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    • Yes, but how does it account gadget envy. Needs to be around the back of the ear. The more expensive ones should have a monogrammed titanium housing - so people can affect their particular snobbery.
      They do want to make money - right? gotta be fashionable.

    • 2 years ago
  • bailey78
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    • I just can't wait. This is just what the Goverment wants. That way they can hack into your brain and tell when your going to commet a crime. Better yet they can control your thoughts. Any one that lets someone put an inplant in there head is flat out nuts.

    • 2 years ago
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