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Mind-computer interfaces (re Chap 12)
Mar 31, 2007
In Chapter 12 of Bit Literacy, the footnote on page 147 references a time "when brain-computer interfaces, now in their infancy ... become more widely available." This is a caveat to my assertion that "the keyboard is the fastest, most efficient input device we have."
Here's an early data point supporting the footnote. From The Economist (registration required), Mind games:
[T]wo young companies based in California, that plan to transport the measurement of brain waves from the medical sphere into the realm of computer games. If all goes well, their first products should be on the market next year. People will then be able to tell a computer what they want it to do just by thinking about it. Tedious fiddling about with mice and joysticks will become irritants of the past.
