It's too bad the ieee.org site itself no longer has words on it. It's just a javascript application spinner gif.
works for me, it auto-reloads the page for some reason tho
Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
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Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
#22Knowing that the average typing speed of adult humans is a measly 40 wpm gives me more faith in the failure of our species. Sir Francis Galton pioneered the study of psychometrics which showed that intelligence is positively correlated with reaction speed. So it's not surprising that the average person is slow at a cognitive task like typing.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…
Are there any study precisely correlating IQ with writing speed?
Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
#23Okay, 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 know consciously where the keys are on the keyboard, I need to focus on a character and then see where the finger goes as if I was bystander, a passenger of a mech body that observes it do something.
I can only assume that writing with brain-computer interface requires incredible focus and most likely engagement of visual cortex which would preclude from using it for anything else (so no ability to imagine any imagery while typing).
Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
#24Knowing that the average typing speed of adult humans is a measly 40 wpm gives me more faith in the failure of our species. Sir Francis Galton pioneered the study of psychometrics which showed that intelligence is positively correlated with reaction speed. So it's not surprising that the average person is slow at a cognitive task like typing.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…
Humans typing slow, the end is near! It doesn't matter how fast you type what matter is you don't always type stuff like this
.. even worse is how slowly we think!!
Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
#25Okay, 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…
Why make a cynical assumption at all? Francis R. Willett, Donald T. Avansino, Leigh R. Hochberg, Jaimie M. Henderson, and Krishna V. Shenoy are real people. You could, you know, just ask them.
Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
#26Okay, 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…
> But comparing speeds isn't really necessary or even relevant.
This isn't a comparison between this and typing on a keyboard.
It's a comparison to the prior state of the art in this technology.
Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
#27Okay, 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…
Why make a cynical assumption at all? Francis R. Willett, Donald T. Avansino, Leigh R. Hochberg, Jaimie M. Henderson, and Krishna V. Shenoy are real people. You could, you know, just ask them.
What cynical assumption? It is well known visual cortex can't do too many things at the same time. The famous gorilla experiment shows this. And if you need to imagine anything graphical it most likely involves visual cortex.
Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
#28What's the better measure of typing speed: full words correct with no typos, or full words typos included?
A buddy of mine used some timing app for our typing speeds, you had to backspace repeatedly to retype a word if you misspelled it. I argued that is unrealistic, you can just use spell check or just catch the typos during your editing read through.
Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
#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 average of about 40 words per minute.
I had no idea average typing speed is this slow, though the extreme slowness of touchscreen typing is no surprise.
Re: Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
#30Okay, 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).