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- From: chadwell@utkvx2.utk.edu (Chadwell, Leonard)
- Subject: Re: TECH: Neural Interfacing
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.042547.17751@u.washington.edu>
- Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu
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- Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
- References: <1992Dec10.070341.25140@u.washington.edu> <1992Dec11.053410.29965@u.
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:05:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.053410.29965@u.washington.edu>, kahn@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Ke
- n Kahn) writes...
- >
- >I recall seeing a film in the 70s (this was before video tape) of an SRI demo
- >which could distinguish about a dozen mental states (that people could be
- >train to put themselves into). Someone with a helmet was thinking to control
- >a cursor in a maze (up, down, left, right). It was a neat demo. Low
- >bandwidth though. About 2 or 3 bits per second. Maybe 15 years later Fujitsu
- >will go somewhere with this. I've been surprised that I haven't heard any
- >followups, at least for the severely handicapped.
- >
- > -ken kahn
- Stanford Research Institute (SRI) DID have this. Lawrence Pinneo did the
- research, and it was even reported in Time Magazine in 1974 (I think). If
- you consider the advances made not only in computers, but also electronics,
- since 1974.......A new version of this should be able to do an awful lot more
- than the 7 commands the old version did. If anyone can get SRI to release
- the data on this experiment, get it to me pronto.....
-
- CHADWELL@UTKVX.UTK.EDU
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