Samsung will soon test brain-controlled TVs

Samsung TVs have long been one of the most popular options for home entertainment systems, and now South Korean electronics companies are taking advantage of their TV production capabilities to help disabled people get through. Better experience with audiovisual devices.

According to BGR technology site, Samsung's team in Switzerland recently announced a new project in hopes of creating the first smart TV that can be controlled only by thought.

Project Pontis is completely geared towards helping people with severe disabilities.

Specifically, Samsung has partnered with Swiss researchers in "Project Pontis" , and their ultimate goal is to build a software / brain interaction interface that allows users to limit their face. Move function can control TV features such as changing channels or controlling volume with their own brains instead of moving their bodies.

In fact, brain-controlled technology items are not new - you can even buy and play pretty simple brain-control games called Mattf's Mindflex if you want to test this technology. at home - but obviously, the Pontis system is much more complex and monumental.

At the present time, this system incorporates brain monitoring sensors with eye tracking hardware to determine the features that users intend to perform. In the future, the team hopes to create a system smart enough to accept commands via brain waves, which means you only need to think about changing the volume to perform that operation. only!

Ok, maybe you are thinking that Samsung's "initiative" is just a toy for lazy people who want to switch channels without needing to touch a finger, or guys who are constantly groping Netflix. No, because Project Pontis is completely geared towards helping people with severe disabilities. Samsung has not even mentioned whether it becomes a commercial product. That is, if the technology evolves to the point that it can be plugged in and used, it is very unlikely that Samsung or another company will test it on everyday consumer products.

Anyway, this project is still in its infancy, and Samsung predicts there will be a prototype in early 2019. If there is indeed a mind-controlled TV appearing, then the possibility High it will not be ready to operate in the near future.