Idea control computer

Intel Corporation is developing a mind-control computer designed to allow computers to operate directly from the brain, move cursors on the screen through ideas, and even read words directly from the user's mind.

Scientists use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to measure the activity of about 20,000 brain regions and are currently drawing images of brain activity when people think about specific words. Intel’s senior researcher Dean Bomeral said: “We will follow the MRI scanner used by the hospital to develop a smaller device on the head. When the brain activity map is drawn, the computer can compare similar The way the brain moves, determines what word the user is thinking about.” Researchers have discovered that thinking about different words can produce different brain activities. For example, the word of thinking is apple, which can cause brain electrical activity in the brain area connected to hunger in the brain, and the word to think is iron shovel, which will cause brain electrical activity in the cortex associated with the excavation. In this way, the computer can infer the word the user wants and quickly narrow it down to determine it.

Experimenters have created a model that can identify words such as houses, screwdrivers, and warehouses. As brain scanning technology becomes more advanced, the ability of computers to recognize ideas will also increase.

If this plan is successful, users only need to think about it and do not need to use hands to do surfing and emailing. Justin Rattner, director of Intel Labs, said that this technology will make people no longer limited by the keyboard and mouse, the idea of ​​reading is the "ultimate user interface", users will no longer worry about any privacy leaks.

This kind of computer may not be useful to healthy users, but it will bring more opportunities for people with disabilities who can't operate the keyboard and mouse to communicate freely with others. According to "Science and Technology Daily"