Envisioning a future where the brain would be implanted with some vague sensors, which will track the brain waves, and allow them to function as the present day remote control to operate our computers and electronics, seems so sci-fi now.
We’ve heard the claims time and again, we have also seen a few prototypes that have proven that controlling electronics and such, with the power of thought alone is pretty much possible in real life…plucked from sci-fi but not a mere redo – so we consider the claim feasible without doubt.
Intel’s researchers in Pittsburgh are working out ways by which they can understand and then harness the human brain waves to someday (maybe by year 2020) be able to help humans control their computers, televisions phone etc.
Intel is developing sensory implants to harness the brain waves, a concept the researchers are basing on the assumption that with time users will tire of buttons, touches and gestures - having to manipulate interfaces with their fingers, and then they’ll need a different method, which would be the brain.
Intel research scientist Dean Pomerleau puts it as: “Imagine being able to surf the Web with the power of your thoughts.”
Researchers from Intel with scientists from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are in process to decode human brain activity using the Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) machines. In experimentation they have found that human brain develops standard patterns for different words or images, which means for every image and word the formed neuroimage would show a similar brain activity.
Thus, the better and the faster the researchers can understand human brain, the faster and better the interaction with electronics and the electronics themselves can get.
Image used for representation, Credit: Via: ComputerWorld
