Yesterday's Wall Street Journal Venture Dispatch blog carried a story that I found very intriguing! It's title is fun: "NeuroSky’s Brain Wave Tech Helps People Use The Force." Excerpt:
Star Wars may have been science fiction, but moving objects using nothing but one’s thoughts is now a reality.
NeuroSky Inc., backed by $7 million over two venture rounds from WR Hambrecht + Co., Japan-based Marubeni Corp. and Taiwan-based TUVC, has developed a technology and headset that people can use to control a videogame, and users soon may be able to do many more things without lifting a finger.
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The technology is based on electroencephalography medical technology, which has been around for
decades to measure neuron activity in the brain. But unlike medical EEG, which requires dozens of electrodes attached to the head and a sticky gel, NeuroSky measures similar activity through a headset which uses a sensor that touches the forehead.
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Currently NeuroSky has algorithms that measure two brain activities: attention or focus, and mediation or relaxation. The company is working on other algorithms as well. While the company won’t say which ones, one could speculate that recognizing anger, fear, excitement or joy may not be as far-fetched as “using the force” used to be.
Another fascinating read, this one from the Washington Post: "Brain Wave of The Future: What If You Could Move Objects With Your Mind? Well, That Time Has Come." Very exciting times, yes?
So what will the practice of law look like in a decade or two? Wish someone would write science fiction imagining what the future lawyer will be doing—and thinking. Anyone? Don't forget to include teleporting; that's already being done.
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