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NASA Develops Tech To Hear Words Not Yet Spoken
alex_guy_CA writes "Yahoo News has a story about technology that comes close to reading thoughts not yet spoken, by analyzing nerve commands to the throat. 'A person using the subvocal system thinks of phrases and talks to himself so quietly it cannot be heard, but the tongue and vocal cords do receive speech signals from the brain,' said developer Chuck Jorgensen, of NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Jorgensen's team found that sensors under the chin and one each side of the Adam's apple pick up the brain's commands to the speech organs, allowing the subauditory, or 'silent speech' to be captured. The story indicates the method could be useful on space missions or other difficult working conditions."
This is not new. Prosthetic hands that operate on nerve signals have been available for decades.
The reason I started reading slashdot was because it was fairly spin free. I guess I am better off reading the AIT Times. It sure has its faults, but it is spin free.
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Trouble is, like most of my ideas and inventions, I was too lazy to persue it.
Are any other slashdotters in the same boat? Who has honestly thought up an idea, shelved it a long time ago, only to see it surface recently?
Perhaps this would be a good ask slashdot...
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