Facebook system will allow you to manage computers by thought

Facebook, together with researchers from the University of California in San Francisco working on the interface that can read brain waves. While they have not learned to control computers by thought, but to decipher speech people via implanted electrodes already are. Moreover, with a sufficiently high efficiency.

Typing by thought it was possible before, but it is often necessary to use a virtual keyboard. Facebook is now conducted an experiment where participants listened to the questions and answers aloud pronounces. The system reads the activity in those parts of the of the brainWho are responsible for understanding and production of speech, and in real time found patterns that correspond to particular words and phrases.

For example, when asked what musical instrument he likes to listen to participants in the experiment, he could answer "violin" or "drums", and the system at this time is read brain activity. At the same time she was trying to guess a person asks a question or answer, and to predict the contents of the question and answer on the basis of previous statements. With this list of possible responses greatly narrowed. The accuracy of the system was 61-76%.

While the system is able to recognize a few words: the participants were asked only nine questions with 24 multiple-choice. In the experimental were installed special implants, And they answered out loud, rather than to himself.

That is, the system is still far from what Facebook has described in 2017. The company wants to create a device that does not need any implants. With it, people can enter the power of thought more than 100 words per minute.

Just imagine: you wear glasses virtual or augmented reality, say in your mind the word "select" or "delete", and the necessary action immediately committed. Even if the technology is not Facebook gets to commercial products, it can greatly simplify life for people with speech disorders.