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Sabi developing “thought-to-text” wearable: The Silicon Valley startup emerged from stealth this week, and unveiled a brain-computer interface (or BCI) system that can (allegedly) convert a person’s thoughts into text on a screen. The device — which looks like a beanie, but will also be available in baseball cap form — relies on electroencephalography (or EEG) to function. Metal discs touching the scalp record the brain’s electrical activity, which is then decoded into plain text. (This technology does exist but Wired suggests it’s still in the early stages. A few words or commands at a time, rather than the natural flow of human speech.) Surgically implanted devices that make direct contact with the brain — like Elon Musk’s Neuralink is developing — are currently much more powerful than scalp-based systems like Sabi’s, which have to pick up your brainwaves through dense layers of skin and bone. But putting on a cap is a lot less invasive. So, these are the tradeoffs.
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