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It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but for the past few years, researchers have tapped into brain waves to control everything from video games to wheelchairs. They are beginning to use computers to decipher our thoughts, too.
I received an e-mail yesterday from a reader named Brad asking me for more details on an item listed in my recent story 10 technologies that will change the world in the next 10 years.
The story listed the most important items that Cisco chief futurist Dave Evans predicts will impact us in the decade to come. Brad was interested in item No. 9 which I called “Yes, there’s a cure for that” The story said, “Today we have mind-controlled video games and wheelchairs, software by Intel that can scan the brain and tell what you are thinking and tools that can actually predict what you are going to do before you do it.”
[...] I’ve written about mind-controlled software and games a little bit. It’s based on a technology called electroencephalogram (EEG) and the most well known commercial producer of a headset that uses EEG is a company called Emotive. [...]
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