Facebook announced an ambitious plan to get computers to type thoughts directly from your brain at its annual F8 developer conference. According to the company, over the next two years it will focus on building technology that can decode neural activity and through thoughts into speech, or text.
“Our brains produce enough data to stream 4 HD movies every second. The problem is that the best way we have to get information out into the world — speech — can only transmit about the same amount of data as a 1980s modem. We’re working on a system that will let you type straight from your brain about five times faster than you can type on your phone today. Eventually, we want to turn it into a wearable technology that can be manufactured at scale. Even a simple yes/no ‘brain click’ would help make things like augmented reality feel much more natural,” Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, wrote in a post. “Technology is going to have to get a lot more advanced before we can share a pure thought or feeling, but this is a first step.”
