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Science & Information Technology => Science Discussion Forum => Latest Technology => Topic started by: Rubaida Easmin on April 22, 2017, 01:45:16 AM

Title: Facebook’s newest tech will let you type with your brain and hear with your skin
Post by: Rubaida Easmin on April 22, 2017, 01:45:16 AM

Facebook has some pretty surprising ideas about the future of communication, and they extend far beyond news feeds and even augmented reality. The social media giant announced during day two of its F8 developer conference that its Building 8 hardware lab is working on technology that will one day allow you to type with your thoughts and hear through your skin.
Our brains, along with the cochleas in our ears, possess the power to reconstruct language from components, and Facebook is looking at hardware and software to transmit those components to the body via pressure changes and vibrations. During the day 2 keynote, the company demonstrated a video of one of its engineers repeating words communicated to her through sensors embedded in a sleeve on her arm. Simple words, like “blue” or “cube,” were sent through a smartphone, and the engineer was able to understand without a single word being uttered.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/facebook-typing-with-your-brain/ (http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/facebook-typing-with-your-brain/)