This technology is as fascinating as the name sounds. A mind reading computer is a computer that implements computational model of mind reading to infer mental states of people from their facial signals. It is a form of telepathy between a human brain and a computer. A computer like this promises a future where all the technology around us adjusts according to our mood swings.
To develop a computer like this we need to have knowledge about body gestures, body posture and the relation between the head and the facial expressions. By analyzing movement, shape and color we can predict facial expressions like a smile or eyebrows being raised. With this basic knowledge, the system requirements are Windows with a 32MB RAM or Apple Power Mac running OS 9.2 with 16MB RAM, 16 bit color display, sound card, speakers and a CD-ROM drive.
Mind reading computer actually involves measuring the volume and oxygen level of blood around the subject’s brain using a technology called functional near-infrared spectroscopy. The user wears a futuristic headband that sends light in that spectrum into the tissues of the head where it is absorbed by active, blood filled tissues. The headband then identifies how much light was not absorbed, informing the computer gauge the metabolic demands that the brain is making. In this way we can interpret thoughts of any human being and we can travel through their minds.
A computer like this can create miracles and the scope of this technology is vast. Now, we cannot communicate to a person in coma but in the future we will be able to. We can create a wheelchair that is solely controlled by the mind, not only this, it can help space walking astronauts.
With a technology like this we would have a future where communication knows no boundaries. A world where even our thoughts are not safe and hidden.
To develop a computer like this we need to have knowledge about body gestures, body posture and the relation between the head and the facial expressions. By analyzing movement, shape and color we can predict facial expressions like a smile or eyebrows being raised. With this basic knowledge, the system requirements are Windows with a 32MB RAM or Apple Power Mac running OS 9.2 with 16MB RAM, 16 bit color display, sound card, speakers and a CD-ROM drive.
Mind reading computer actually involves measuring the volume and oxygen level of blood around the subject’s brain using a technology called functional near-infrared spectroscopy. The user wears a futuristic headband that sends light in that spectrum into the tissues of the head where it is absorbed by active, blood filled tissues. The headband then identifies how much light was not absorbed, informing the computer gauge the metabolic demands that the brain is making. In this way we can interpret thoughts of any human being and we can travel through their minds.
A computer like this can create miracles and the scope of this technology is vast. Now, we cannot communicate to a person in coma but in the future we will be able to. We can create a wheelchair that is solely controlled by the mind, not only this, it can help space walking astronauts.
With a technology like this we would have a future where communication knows no boundaries. A world where even our thoughts are not safe and hidden.
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