A wearable headset allowing users to communicate with technology without even speaking a word could revolutionize future communication. Arnav Kapur created a device called AlterEgo, a wearable headset designed to change the way we interact with technology. This device records signals when a user hears or thinks of something and this information, in turn, is sent to the machines which use the internet to find answers to what the user is thinking of, reported CNBC.
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Arnav said the answer presents itself in a voice similar to the person’s inner voice and that too without interfering with their usual auditory perception. The device can search for information, solve math equations and answer all kinds of questions that arise in your mind. MIT Media lab explained that this enables human-computer interaction that is subjectively done internally and is like speaking to yourself. “This enables a user to transmit and receive streams of information to and from a computing device or any other person without any observable action, in discretion, without unplugging the user from her environment, without invading the user’s privacy,” the organization adds.
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To showcase other uses of the device, he is asked to name the capital of Bulgaria and the population of the region as well, which he answers without any problem as well. The inventor shared that the idea behind his device is to have the entire internet within your head.
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“Beyond that, the system has the potential to seamlessly integrate humans and computers – such that computing, the Internet, and AI would weave into our daily life as a ‘second self’ and augment our cognition and abilities,” the institution adds The new device is truly brilliant and is bound to help people by a great measure. The device also shows how far we’ve come from a technological standpoint and how computers are gradually becoming a part of us. But this also gives rise to the question, if our thoughts can access the internet, will it be possible for the internet to access the brain? Until then, we can appreciate the device that will make life easier for millions of people.
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