Key Points
- Arnav Kapur developed AlterEgo, a headset that allows users to search the internet using thought
- The device picks up brain signals associated with words and uses them to query the internet
- It can answer questions, solve math problems, and access information discreetly and silently.
- Beyond personal use, it aims to help people with speech disorders like ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and MS (multiple sclerosis).
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it’s the same bs as facebooks “brain armband” which just picks up signals from muscle activity and not really from the brain. but because the brain is triggering those signals they call it “brain interface”. it’s just bs.