Thursday, May 12, 2005

Subvocalization

NASA is apparently developing a computerized process that would enable people to talk to each other silently.
Is telepathy finally here? Have we concurred the paranormal?
No, no. Nothing that exciting.
The computer, with the aid of under chin censors 'reads and analyzes' soundless speech just like when we are reading silently.

In preliminary experiments, 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, and send them to a processor and then to a computer program that translates them into words. Eventually, such 'subvocal speech' systems could be used in spacesuits, in noisy places like airport towers to capture air-traffic controller commands, or even in traditional voice-recognition programs to increase accuracy, according to NASA scientists.


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Here is David Pescovitz's post in Boing Boing

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