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That’s right, the United States Army has a keen interest in the way the headset functions and
wants something similar built into troop helmets. Only they want theirs to be able to let their
troops communicate with one another quickly without the use of speech instead of controlling
an on screen avatar. The idea is for troops to be able to think a message to a teammate in
the form of a text message, voice mail, or, if at all possible, straight into their head.
An Army grant, of an as yet undisclosed amount, has been awarded to three institutions; the
University of Maryland, the Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of California, Irvine.
The first step in the research is to come up with a way to compose a message using on
thought processes while the second phase will actually focus on sending that message to a
person or object, for instance, another soldier or a radio or text device.
The technology, known as synthetic telepathy is nothing new and has certainly been
something scientists have worked on over the years. But with the success of recent
companies in the field, namely NeuroSky and Japan’s Keio University, we may be closer to
“mental cellphones” than we think.
Mike D’Zmura from the University of California, Irvine and the lead scientist on the research
project certainly seems to be leaning towards the less militant applications of the technology
should the project be successful, stating, “It will take a lot of research, and a lot of time, but
there are also a lot of commercial applications, not just military applications”.
Certainly the military uses would be limited but the commercial applications could be
limitless. Mental emails, nonverbal communication with your co-workers… Mental Spam
from advertisers. Hey, I’m just thinking out loud here. And you might be as well if this project
pans out.
On the other hand, maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing if it gave us a heads up on what our
women folk were thinking… Now *that’s* a practical application! [comment here]
Gritskrieg - End of Line
wants something similar built into troop helmets. Only they want theirs to be able to let their
troops communicate with one another quickly without the use of speech instead of controlling
an on screen avatar. The idea is for troops to be able to think a message to a teammate in
the form of a text message, voice mail, or, if at all possible, straight into their head.
An Army grant, of an as yet undisclosed amount, has been awarded to three institutions; the
University of Maryland, the Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of California, Irvine.
The first step in the research is to come up with a way to compose a message using on
thought processes while the second phase will actually focus on sending that message to a
person or object, for instance, another soldier or a radio or text device.
The technology, known as synthetic telepathy is nothing new and has certainly been
something scientists have worked on over the years. But with the success of recent
companies in the field, namely NeuroSky and Japan’s Keio University, we may be closer to
“mental cellphones” than we think.
Mike D’Zmura from the University of California, Irvine and the lead scientist on the research
project certainly seems to be leaning towards the less militant applications of the technology
should the project be successful, stating, “It will take a lot of research, and a lot of time, but
there are also a lot of commercial applications, not just military applications”.
Certainly the military uses would be limited but the commercial applications could be
limitless. Mental emails, nonverbal communication with your co-workers… Mental Spam
from advertisers. Hey, I’m just thinking out loud here. And you might be as well if this project
pans out.
On the other hand, maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing if it gave us a heads up on what our
women folk were thinking… Now *that’s* a practical application! [comment here]
Gritskrieg - End of Line
By Gritzkrieg
Some of you may be in the know in
regards to the announced launch of a
“mind reading” headset by a company
called NeuroSky. The headset, cleverly
called the Mindset, will allow players to
use only their thoughts, some of us call
them brainwaves, to control the action
on screen. What many of you might not
know is that the new technology has
peaked the interest of good ol’ Uncle
Sam.
Some of you may be in the know in
regards to the announced launch of a
“mind reading” headset by a company
called NeuroSky. The headset, cleverly
called the Mindset, will allow players to
use only their thoughts, some of us call
them brainwaves, to control the action
on screen. What many of you might not
know is that the new technology has
peaked the interest of good ol’ Uncle
Sam.
Army looking for
Helm of Telepathy… +2.
Helm of Telepathy… +2.
