from the to-terminate-all-humans-on-the-other-side dept.
According to Ming Dong, director of the Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine in Tianjin University, a new 'Brain Computer Interface' (BCI) chip dubbed 'Brain Talker' which debuted Friday at the 2019 World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin, China enables a person to control a computer or other electronic device using their brainwaves and without requiring movement or verbal instruction.
Ming Dong explains "the chip can identify minor neuron information sent by the brain wave from the cerebral cortex, efficiently decode the information and greatly quicken the communication speed between the brain and machine."
Cheng Longlong, a data scientist from China Electronics Corporation, said scientists would endeavor to enhance the performance of the chip for wider use in the fields of medical treatment, education, home life and gaming in the future.
The new chip was a joint effort co-developed by Tianjin University and China Electronics Corporation which retain fully independent intellectual property rights.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday May 19 2019, @10:05AM
So... hair net [chinaplus.cri.cn]
Or implant?
Will you get to choose?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday May 19 2019, @10:32AM (3 children)
Smartphone arrives, people have the net 24/7, do they become smarter? nope they become more forgetful and incapable of concentration.
BCI arrives, the brain hasn't to coordinate muscles to get things done anymore. What is likely to happen?
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @10:53AM
No need to remember useless info.
What?
(Score: 2) by pkrasimirov on Sunday May 19 2019, @09:17PM
> What is likely to happen?
Sales and dependency.
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Monday May 20 2019, @01:23AM
BCI is the gateway to hive-mind intelligence (google the rat studies that show shared experience, memory, and problem solving). BCI will most certainly make us smarter, even if we were hypothetically limited to using the silicon as nothing more than a bridge.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @12:27PM (1 child)
It should have continued,
Cheng Longlong also said the chip would allow probing the thoughts of dissidents alleviating the need for torture and more importantly potential dissidents can be identified before crimes against the state are committed.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Sunday May 19 2019, @10:46PM
Please, it's not like the researcher was based in the united states. Some nations don't torture.
(Score: 1) by Rupert Pupnick on Sunday May 19 2019, @12:44PM (2 children)
What they don’t tell you is that the BIC can also be used to let a remote agent control your brain, not just the other way around. Perfect for boosting worker productivity!
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday May 19 2019, @01:00PM (1 child)
I remember a story I read many years ago where a drug/treatment called 'focus' was used to control people. People affected by focus wanted only to obsessively do the one thing that their focus was set on, to the point they wouldn't eat, sleep, or otherwise take care of basic bodily needs unless others monitored them. This was used for things like monitoring camera feeds without ever getting distracted or looking away leading to a very effective surveillance environment.
Kind of like MMOs actually.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @01:44PM
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge.
Hand in your geek card on the way out if you couldn't remember that.