[extropy-chat] NASA Develops System To Computerize Silent Speech

[David Lubkin]

Giu1i0 Pri5c0 wrote:

>NASA scientists found that small, button-sized sensors, stuck under the 
>chin and on either side of the 'Adam's apple,' could gather nerve signals, 
>send them to a processor and then to a computer program that translates 
>them into words. "What is analyzed is silent, or subauditory, speech, such 
>as when a person silently reads or talks to himself," said Chuck 
>Jorgensen, a scientist whose team is developing silent, subvocal speech 
>recognition at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 
>"Biological signals arise when reading or speaking to oneself with or 
>without actual lip or facial movement," Jorgensen explained.

If true, the ripples are significant. Combine with the research on 
non-invasive medical remote sensing and one could monitor someone's 
thoughts without their permission. We may need the human equivalent of 
Tempest shielding before too long.


-- David Lubkin.