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Apple Preparing to Launch Mind-Control Support for iPhones
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I wonder why there aren’t more devices that use tongue input. I’m guessing it’s a patent minefield since crude versions have been around since the 80’s. Embed a tiny magnet in the tip of your tongue, sensor on the cheek… you have a mouse pointer. Tap your teeth to click.
I viewed the YouTube video on the device. Very interesting. If it can do what it promises, there are a lot of applications for this device.
Mind control already works great on the people who spend 1,949 Euros on an iPhone.
Interesting to see Apple's involvement in the health field. If it works as intended, it will be good for those who need it.
Arthur C. Clarke (RIP) continues to predict the future from his 2001 series.
In 2001, he predicted iPads, FaceTime calls, and Heuristic Algorithms (HAL).
In 3001, he predicted the Braincap, which is an implant that is a brain-computer interface. Funny enough, the description from the book of getting one set up sounds just like a visit to the Apple Store for the Vision Pro. The Braincap featured external storage—the Brainbox—that sounds like a translucent SSD drive, but with PETABYTE capacity. Frank Poole, the co-pilot HAL attacked in 2001 and who is found and revived in 3001, immediately noted how addictive the immersive VR experience was and wondered how mankind managed to survive.
"…[Poole] had been told that much of it had not. Millions had been brain-burned, and had dropped out of life."
In 2001, he predicted iPads, FaceTime calls, and Heuristic Algorithms (HAL).
In 3001, he predicted the Braincap, which is an implant that is a brain-computer interface. Funny enough, the description from the book of getting one set up sounds just like a visit to the Apple Store for the Vision Pro. The Braincap featured external storage—the Brainbox—that sounds like a translucent SSD drive, but with PETABYTE capacity. Frank Poole, the co-pilot HAL attacked in 2001 and who is found and revived in 3001, immediately noted how addictive the immersive VR experience was and wondered how mankind managed to survive.
"…[Poole] had been told that much of it had not. Millions had been brain-burned, and had dropped out of life."
-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey. Chapter 6: "Braincap". ©1996, Ballantine Books.
This was my first thought. If it was another unnamed company that already has experience with this I would believe it but not Apple. The same Apple that can’t make Siri do basic things without contacting the mothership and “I found some results on the web”
"so your opinion - or mine, for that matter - may not be all that valuable"
Your own words. No need to be a wise guy.
The (now-owned by) Meta wristband that lets you type by thinking of typing is a lot less invasive. I guess it will be available when the Quest 4 comes out. But plenty of people have used it over the years.
Wonder if it will work on iPhone and Mac too.
Wonder if it will work on iPhone and Mac too.
Yeah, if they called it that because of some rumor (or citation) that Apple will use that name, it's incredibly misguided (alarmist people will sound all sorts of alarm bells), and if MacRumors just came up with that, it's needlessly inflammatory.
There's also a good case to be made that the original Star Trek series predicted iPads.
Tongue piercings do a LOT of damage to the enamel of folks' teeth, they'd have to solve for this as well.