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Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by Hippocrates »

ksec wrote: post #78

Completely Off Topic. But if there is another sector that could sit adjacent to iPhone, or potentially exceeds it in terms revenue. It would be personal health.

I agree, and I think Apple is best positioned to take that space. It’ll likely be through the slow rollout of health related sensors in wearables, and safety features like the crash detection and fall alerts, combined with on-device AI. Once it reaches a certain point and data backs it, they’ll probably tout that “Apple Watch is THE watch to own if you don’t want to die 3 years early”.

Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by an_aparallel »

omscs99 wrote: post #80
an_aparallel wrote: post #69

the general population, and surprisingly a lot of tech heads dont care about the implications of brain wave activity, linked to your identity - phoning home to a corporation of google's size? we're one thought away for being thrown into jail for shower thoughts that go slightly the wrong side of "publicly acceptable". i think ALL of this technology is incredibly cool and exciting, BUT - my excitement is hampered by t…

> we're one thought away for being thrown into jail for shower thoughts that go slightly the wrong side of "publicly acceptable". Not really. That’s like being laughed at for being naked at a nudist camp. If nobody has privacy, all of those little thoughts become public and the perception of what’s acceptable shifts In a weird way privacy is a double edged sword and necessitates its own existence I think, in general,…

except what we're talking about here is corporate bodies with algorhythms automating prejudice, and leveraging risk... a very different thing to sharing with one another isnt it?

Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by omscs99 »

an_aparallel wrote: post #82
omscs99 wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> we're one thought away for being thrown into jail for shower thoughts that go slightly the wrong side of "publicly acceptable". Not really. That’s like being laughed at for being naked at a nudist camp. If nobody has privacy, all of those little thoughts become public and the perception of what’s acceptable shifts In a weird way privacy is a double edged sword and necessitates its own existence I think, in general,…

except what we're talking about here is corporate bodies with algorhythms automating prejudice, and leveraging risk... a very different thing to sharing with one another isnt it?

Well yes, I was talking about a different hypothetical :)

Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by mensetmanusman »

karim79 wrote: post #73

For years, I've dreamed of a gadget that would interrupt me, but only do so once my brain's activity levels have reached an adequate threshold of meditation, relaxation, or even contentment. The gadget of my dreams would then disrupt those relatively unmonetizable states of mind, which I tend to drift into from time-to-time, and with a much more profitable and optimized state of alertness using a variety of well-deve…

There are no unmonetizable states of mind!

Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by mensetmanusman »

posix_compliant wrote: post #67
RockRobotRock wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by ChatGTP »

karim79 wrote: post #73

For years, I've dreamed of a gadget that would interrupt me, but only do so once my brain's activity levels have reached an adequate threshold of meditation, relaxation, or even contentment. The gadget of my dreams would then disrupt those relatively unmonetizable states of mind, which I tend to drift into from time-to-time, and with a much more profitable and optimized state of alertness using a variety of well-deve…

You're looking for 100% productivity ?

Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by c0pium »

rogerkirkness wrote: post #77
c0pium wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You forgot no audio quality.

No active noise cancelling, but the audio quality is good.

I sometimes envy people like you not being able to hear the difference between trash headphones and good ones.

Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by lelaurent »

specialist wrote: post #25

Should any of Apple's boffins be reading... I desperately want active breath monitoring. Like measuring breaths per minute. Like nudging me when I'm holding my breath. These features would greatly help me with managing chronic pain. Also, the "pulmonauts" are doing a bunch of cool new stuff. Active breath monitoring would be a boon. "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art Hardcover" by James Nestor [2020-05-26] https:…

You can archive this without tech by practicing mindfulness.

Begin by focusing on your breath whenever you leave a room.

Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by [deleted] »

karim79 wrote: post #73

For years, I've dreamed of a gadget that would interrupt me, but only do so once my brain's activity levels have reached an adequate threshold of meditation, relaxation, or even contentment. The gadget of my dreams would then disrupt those relatively unmonetizable states of mind, which I tend to drift into from time-to-time, and with a much more profitable and optimized state of alertness using a variety of well-deve…

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Re: Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity

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Post by robertlagrant »

blocked-by-cf wrote: post #15
robertlagrant wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thankfully we're nowhere near crossing it.

The davos types don't think "brain transparency" is so farfetched. "You may be surprised to learn this is a future that has already arrived." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfqD5aW0X5U

I don't think it's valuable to learn what different groups believe and rely on that for your own understanding.

To the original poster: what of your own direct experience and knowledge has convinced you that this is an imminent threat?

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