Facebook is turning its attention to “silent speech communications”, working on a system that will let people type words on a computer using only their brains.
The company made the announcement during the last day of its annual F8 conference on Wednesday (19 April), and was quick to assuage users of what the project means for their privacy.
60 engineers are currently working on the technology from clandestine Building 8 – Facebook’s innovative product research and development hub.
Regina Dugan, who heads up Building 8, told attendees Facebook was building a “brain-computer speech-to-text interface”, in order to make communication via Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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