New invention: mind reading machine

This sounds like in a fictional novel: People can interact with each other without words, just think for a moment.

Do you think it is a fantasy? Then you are wrong. Scientists at the University of Washington have recently stated that this mode of communication has been successfully implemented in the laboratory.

For the first time, scientists were able to bring thoughts in the mind of a person to show up on a computer screen.

In the future, people may not need to communicate with each other verbally.

' We can really read the language of thinking, ' said Eric C. Leuthardt, the head of the study at the press conference: ' From a certain extent, this is the first time I can say. the person who performs the "mind reading" - discovering hidden thoughts within the human mind . '

The secret of this mind reader is a small cylindrical body implanted in the patients' brains . On these cylindrical bodies there is a built-in program that is able to recognize brain waves produced by the brain when a patient thinks of some kind of sound.

When a patient thinks of a specific sound (such as 'oo', 'ee', 'ay', 'a'), the cylinder with the pre-installed program will recognize and display it on the screen. computer picture. During the experiment, patients can pass their thoughts on a sound to control the movement of the computer screen.

Scientists say this study can be widely used in patients with brain damage or serenity.

However, the future of this study does not stop many people from getting sick. What if this study is not used to treat life-saving diseases? Imagine, one day, in our heads, a tube will be implanted and then, with just a computer screen, we can talk to relatives around the world. Needless to say, there is no need to type the keyboard. What we need to do is just thinking.

The study was published in the journal 'The Journal of Neural Engineering'.