Intel To Help Stephen Hawking Communicate Faster

hypnosec writes "Stephen Hawking's ability to communicate has been deteriorating over the years and as it stands, he is only able to communicate at the rate of 1 word per minute. Intel CTO Justin Rattner has revealed that they are working on an interface that will boost the scientist's speech to up to 10 words per minute. Beyond twitching his cheek, Hawking is also capable of other voluntary facial expressions which can be tapped to achieve faster communications with the help of a better character interface and a better word predictor."

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Cool

[Anonymous Coward]

I can't wait to be 10 times as bored.

Brain on a stick

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Wheel it in. Let it pontificate.

There are shop keepers, with more to tell us of value and human understanding, that Hawking. What a sad investment of technology for this spectacle of intellect.

Really, Hawking has added nothing significant to the understanding or the quality of scientific discourse. There is no Bohr or Godel here. Not even an Oppenheimer. He is celebrated in the absence of greatness - like Kanye because there's no Marvin Gaye, or Cate Blanchett, because there is no Garbo.

An intellect without insight, Hawking is a part of our cultural train-wreck. Once great, we now admire the third-rate interpreters of the ruined edifice upon which they stride. Or roll.