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Okay, it may not look like much, but what it does<\/em> is really cool. From the article discussing the “mental typewriter” (typewriter?) over on New Scientist (Link<\/a>):<\/p>\n A computer controlled by the power of thought alone has been demonstrated at a major trade fair in Germany.<\/p>\n The device could provide a way for paralysed patients to operate computers, or for amputees to operate electronically controlled artificial limbs. But it also has non-medical applications, such as in the computer games and entertainment industries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There have been some previously-reported efforts to develop this sort of interface, but this one goes beyond the devices about which I’ve read. Seems like we’re on our way to having a version of Johnny’s cyberhelmet<\/a>. Hopefully. Wearing the one above is not the fashion statement I want to make.<\/p>\n {Image source: Fraunhofer Institute}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Okay, it may not look like much, but what it does is really cool. From the article discussing the “mental typewriter” (typewriter?) over on New Scientist (Link): A computer controlled by the power of thought alone has been demonstrated at … Continue reading