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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."
...that system Ender used to talk to Jane? That would be sooo cool. (Now, all I need is an omniscient AI with root access on every machine connected to the Internet...)
I mean - there are a lot of things that I *think* about some of my coworkers, especially during meetings, but I always am able to catch myself right before I say anything. You'd *really* have to watch yourself plugged into that thing!
Isn't that lip-reading technology we had on that Jupiter mission three years ago good enough?
....they can hear you scream in space.
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Now I'll have to break out some more aluminium and extend the tinfoil hat into a full-face helmet.
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PRISONER: "..."
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<<.. wow .. this device feels kinda neat ... ooooh .. tingly on my adenoids there ... i wonder if it's working ... it would be so cool if it did .. i always dreamed of this as a kid .. oh my god being a kid was great .. i wish i could hug my dad again ..>>
No, these damn things simply DON'T WORK!!
Hook it up to a speaker and you'll be able to have an inner monologue voice over everywhere you go..
That and theme music would be great...
I could use this in so many situations. I can't name the amount of times I've said something I shouldn't have.
Nevermind combining this with a microphone or whatever, combine it with an electric pulse attached to my ass so it can stop me from saying stuff that ends up getting me into trouble!
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I was going to write a comment, but I'm sure those bastards at NASA already know what I was going to say.
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"Ha! That's NOT what you where GONNA say!"
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So you mean that the system would capture my vocal signals and transmit them to a similar device in someone else's throat and then that person would spontaneously blurt out whatever I quietly mumbled? ;)
Yeah, that would be cool!
It seems that the technology that was created will be used to hear words that have not yet been created... perhaps if this technology was created earlier, we would have all been spared the abomination that is: METROSEXUAL!
I've had a device that could detect (and react) to words I haven't even spoken yet, for years now. I call the device "wife".
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Yeaah... This technology was featured in PootieTang! Pootie don't need no words. Don't even need no music!
The most important examples of the words not yet spoken are: "sdfSDcasdcASc," "dOCIJHCIFOAWED," "#$R!@#$RE," "RTLHKMRK563w56tKGSFG," "$_{$_}++||--$_" and "sdf434Gsfdy5gSrghBw."
"According to my knowledge," said developer Chuck Jorgensen with pride, "those words has never been spoken yet!" And he added: "Some of them turned out to be valid Perl programs, though."
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Yeah, I can see it now. Some poor schmuck gets convicted of sub-vocalizing "Wow!, you could plug one of them into each ear & hear your gun go off better" in front of a well endowed female who definitly isn't interested.
Some thoughts are better kept silent... But one really should pay attention to the body language and pheremones being broadcast if one wants the maximum "action". They don't lie near as much as the mouth.
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How about interfacing with a computer?
You bet.
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