Newswise Science News | Researchers Use Brain Interface to Post to Twitter

[tamaranth]

In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter — just by thinking about it.

Just 23 characters long, his message, “using EEG to send tweet,” demonstrates a natural, manageable way in which “locked-in” patients can couple brain-computer interface technologies with modern communication tools.
Newswise Science News | Researchers Use Brain Interface to Post to Twitter

Comments

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

My god! truely we live in sf world...

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

That's "speculative fiction" world...

[ajshepherd.livejournal.com]

Clever stuff! Twitter aside, I can see how that tech could be a lifeline to people.

[lj_stowaway]

How very cool!

[nils.livejournal.com]

Cool! When can I get one? ;-)

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

one what? a Twitter a/c? A brain?

Am not sure I want to be able to update so very easily. Photo-Flickr-LJ is occasionally too spontaneous ...

[nils.livejournal.com]

A brain-computer interface. Though obviously a brain would be handy on it's own. ;-)
I wonder if there's a high risk of posting accidentally...