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Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Post by ramshanker »

Once this read the mind thing matures, so much of the software will have to be rewritten. Even now sometimes I have to joke around in office "PC is slower than me" because I gave certain commands in sequence and it is still performing them one by one while I wait for computer to catch up. Now imaging this, command directly from brain to the machine. In engineering world, It would increase the productivity by at et least 4x I guess.

Currently to draw a line in AutoCAD, I have to either move the mouse to a "line" button and click it. OR type a command "line" if my hands are on keyboard. Now If I had a direct interface with the machine, just the the thought of "Draw a line" and software is line-drawing mode. Add eye tracking to it, and I simply look at the point on the screen when line shall start and say in my head "here"...... opportuties are endless.

Computer will have difficult time catching up with the amount of commands we are capable of issuing to it. BRING IT ON.

It was 2006, when I did Speec-To-Text data entry of 200+ mobile numbers using good old Windows XP. Progress seems to be have been too slow since than.

Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Post by user3939382 »

It’s been clear to me for several years that the future of computing is BCI coupled with augmented reality.

However, considering how much the now-normalized ill effects of the digital privacy dystopia we’re already living in would be multiplied by that development, I really fear for the future.

Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Post by Zancarius »

vmception wrote: post #43
formerly_proven wrote: post #29

> A machine learning algorithm then decodes the brain patterns associated with each letter, and a computer displays the letters on a screen. The participant was able to communicate at about 90 characters, or 18 words, per minute. > By comparison, able-bodied people close in age to the study participant can type on a smartphone at about 23 words per minute, the authors say. Adults can type on a full keyboard at an ave…

65 year olds now had the same 30+ years as everyone else to get up to speed on computers but most still lean on the “hey you know I’m X-years old so you know me and computers don’t get along especially with the texting heh heh” As there are also plenty of competent typists and computer users at that age, It’s all about the influences, wonder how I can avoid that and brain plasticity excuses

> It’s all about the influences

This is key. Everything else is an excuse.

My Mum is in her 70s and until she lost feeling in one of her hands (chemotherapy 23-ish years ago) she was an exceedingly fast touch typist. Even without feeling in her hands, she could still type at ~40 WPM, possibly higher depending on what she was typing. Arthritis means she now mostly uses a tablet.

But looking at other people in that age range, I can think of literally zero from church who even know how to touch type. It's probably the difference between someone who had to do secretarial work and someone who did not.

I do think your first statement is absolutely on the mark. e.g., "I'm old, and I don't understand it, so I won't try."

The old adage is still true: Whether you think you can or you can't you're probably right.

Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Post by whereis »

ramshanker wrote: post #61

Once this read the mind thing matures, so much of the software will have to be rewritten. Even now sometimes I have to joke around in office "PC is slower than me" because I gave certain commands in sequence and it is still performing them one by one while I wait for computer to catch up. Now imaging this, command directly from brain to the machine. In engineering world, It would increase the productivity by at et le…

the ideal CAD operator has a series of personalized single key shortcuts on their left hand.

I challenge you to put your top ten commands on single key or double-same key (e.g. zz) shortcuts on the left side of the keyboard. Your CAD skills will speed up significantly once these become muscle memory.

Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Post by kibwen »

fouric wrote: post #40

> The fastest of these previous typing-by-brain experiments allowed people to type about 40 characters, or 8 words, per minute. Ah, so it's previous record for BCI typing speed , not "typing speed" in general. Original headline (on IEEE side) is misleading.

For the record, it looks like the record for typing on standard keyboards is 212 WPM (on both QWERTY and DVORAK, amusingly), while the record on a stenography keyboard is 375 WPM.

Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Post by grogenaut »

amelius wrote: post #30
lmilcin wrote: post #23

Okay, first of all, this is great achievement. But comparing speeds isn't really necessary or even relevant. For a person that literally has no other way to communicate nobody will be complaining the can type 20% slower than a person with a smartphone. The fact they can type at all is important. Now, for the speeds, I type 80wpm/400cpm but what is more important I can also freely think while I do so. I don't even kno…

Most people use their visual cortex to see what they are typing, though. EDIT: I mean, on the screen (and perhaps some on their keyboards).

I look away from the screen while typing especially in bars, when I've got a long chain to get in. This has the side effect of having a few particular old dudes tell me to fuck off every once and a while, stop showings off... As I slam out 90wpm and look blankly past them.

Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Post by grogenaut »

SamBam wrote: post #19
lhousa wrote: post #5

Shiny title with the actual typing speed so well hidden.

It's silly that it's hidden, because 18 WPM for a quadriplegic still seems extremely impressive to me, given that it's just working from brain electrodes and not some muscle the person can control. Yes, the headline is silly, because by hiding it it ended up causing the snark about 18 WPM being slow. I'm surprised, though, that the most efficient way to do this is still to have the person imagine physically drawing t…

When typing in passwords on a phone I have to visualize the keystrokes by thinking about the finger movements and concentrating on my forearms without really moving my fingers. Generally once fast and once slow to think about the actual activations.

Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Post by spollo »

Interesting that the method for this interface was imagining writing the word, I guess too many random thoughts would enter your writing if it was just based on mental-verbalizing (saying it in your head).

It would be really cool to have a BCI that runs off mental-verbalizing and have a chopper style rapper use it (eg. Busta Rhymes). Imagine people doing transcription learning chopping as skill to get an edge on their job!

Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed

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Post by [deleted] »

carapace wrote: post #58
fnord77 wrote: post #44

will such an interface ever be possible without invasive implants in your brain?

Yes. The "secret" is to use hypnosis to "program" your unconscious mind to emit signals corresponding to your conscious "stream of thought". The result is a subjective experience of thinking words and they appear on the screen. Someone else in this thread speculated about e.g. controlling an extra pair of (artificial) arms to play the piano with four hands. That sort of thing should be straightforward too. In re: the…

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