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

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

Good business opportunity isn't it?

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org]On Behalf Of David Lubkin
Sent: domingo, 21 de marzo de 2004 17:56
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Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] NASA Develops System To Computerize Silent
Speech


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.
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