Smartphones have given us the possibility of simply typing something on the Internet to be able to answer any question (as long as we have a connection), but at the end of the day it is still a tool external to us that when we do not have it in our hands we stop using it. to be so smart and know-it-all.
For that reason, Arnav Kapur, a young student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created a device that looks a bit like headphones, but that They are connected to your brain called AlterEgo. This device was designed to change the way we interact with technology, since in this case It is integrated into the person so that it becomes part of themselves.
Its objective is to revolutionize the communication of the future, said Kapur. The most impressive thing about this device is that since it is integrated into the head, It records signals when the user hears or thinks about something and this information, in turn, is sent to machines that use the Internet to find answers to what the user is thinking.
Carrying the device is like having Google in your head, with access to anything on the Internet
This is the key to the invention, and that is that with access to the Internet, the person wearing this device can answer any type of questionFor example, its creator shows the ability to answer complicated mathematical questions with numerous operations or know what the capital of any country in the world is and its population, all in a matter of seconds.
But it is not just the speed, but the user does not need to speak, type, or make any tangible effort for the device to work. You just have to think of something and the device will search for it on the Internet and then it will send the response back to your brain through vibrations of the skull through the inner ear.
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As Kapur explains, This voice is similar to the inner voice we have when we think within ourselves, besides that does not interfere with outside noiseso while you “converse” with this device you can follow the conversation you are having or continue listening to music if you are alone.
“The system has the potential to seamlessly integrate humans and computers, so that computing, the Internet and AI are integrated into our daily lives as a ‘second self’ and increase our cognition and our abilities,” they explain from MIT.
In turn, this device It could also be used to help those diagnosed with speech disorders and facilitate communication for people with neurological disorders.in a way similar to what Elon Musk and his company Neuralink (among others) are already testing.
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