Take a Picture Just By Thinking About It, Using Google Glass With MindRDR App 41
rtoz (2530056) writes A London based company, This Place, is launching a new app "MindRDR" for providing one more way for controlling Google Glass. It will allow the users to control the Google Glass with their thoughts. This MindRDR application bridges the Neurosky EEG biosensor and Google Glass. It allows users to take photos and share them on Twitter and Facebook by simply using brainwaves alone. This Place has put the code of this app on GitHub for others to use it and expand on it.
This is worth a fortune for Google (Score:3, Interesting)
With an EEG on every user, imagine how much you can charge marketers for showing their images specifically to an audience who provably don't have any mental activity. Of course that mostly means showing them to other marketers but still I think they're onto a good thing here.
No thank you (Score:4, Insightful)
it will be a dark day in hell before an american corporation/government agency gets me to willingly wear a device that allows them to read thoughts right out of my brain
I'm not opposed to the technology just opposed to it coupling to google/apple/cia/nsa directly
Re:No thank you (Score:4, Funny)
Why worry, when the full terms and conditions of the Google Privacy Policy [google.com] are protecting you?
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True. Our methods to bring technology to the mass market are currently broken.
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Reading your thoughts is not the scary bit.
"Hey, you're wearing one of those EEG thingies right?"
"Yup."
"Remember... when you posted that photo of your lawn the other day?"
"Sure do."
"Right... golly, it worked! It's coming in now. I see you are... sitting on the toilet? Gross!"
"Hey!"
"And just THINK... all you had to do was REMEMBER!"
"Cut it out!!"
"Oh look, another one. You let your dog watch you poop?"
[xxxxxx] has left the chatroom
Why use a side channel attack when a direct approach also works.
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it will be a dark day in hell before an american corporation/government agency gets me to willingly wear a device that allows them to read thoughts right out of my brain
Don't worry. Your grandchildren will be long dead before that's possible.
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a device that allows them to read thoughts right out of my brain
I dont think thats how EEGs work, but its good to see that Slashdot can still elicit a hysterical response at will with their stories.
The future (Score:2)
Re:The future (Score:5, Insightful)
EEG is like VR and 3D, its a big fucking deal every X time period, then it goblin farts away cause its a gimmicky pain in the ass
Re:The future (Score:4)
no, EEG is a big fucking deal if you are actually using it for medical purposes, you clown.
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Its a little depressing how many people on slashdot know so little about any particular topic, but feel compelled to express an ill-informed opinion.
Already done (Score:2)
Alec Baldwin did it already. [southparkstudios.com]
Think in Russian (Score:2, Funny)
("Take a picture!" blast it, why won't it work?") Ah! ("Poluchit fotografiu!")
*Click*
It doesn't work. (Score:2, Funny)
I tried it. When we downloaded the pics it took it was just filled with lots of street shots of side boobs.
Glassholes /w mind activated pervert cams (Score:2)
Can't we just be content with Mind controlled ears [necomimi.com] ?
The New Age Hat (Score:2)
Simpler solution (Score:2)
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I imagine that is the eventual goal Google has - it's just not feasible with current battery technology.
Oops (Score:1)
At least now the excuse "the thought just slipped from me" can take on a whole new meaning!
astounding that this is barely news.. (Score:2)
..singularity is nearer than we think (pun!)
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Wake me up when it can give me an electric jolt each time I think about sex.
It's far cheaper and easier to simulate that with off the shelf hardware:
http://www.amazon.com/outlets-... [amazon.com]
imperfect brain-wave translations (Score:5, Funny)
ONE IMAGE SUCCESSFULLY POSTED TO FACEBOOK TIMELINE
Re:imperfect brain-wave translations (Score:5, Funny)
And a related tech for voice input from 2005 (Score:1)
Web Browser Control Using EMG Based Sub Vocal Speech Recognition
Jorgensen, C. ; NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA ; Binsted, K.
http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/hicss/2005/2268/09/22680294c-abs.html
When all of these existing methods are integrated into a single device things are going to get very interesting. You will be able to phone anyone from any environment and only they will hear you, in a synthetic voice derived from your natural voice, or anyone else's voice! Knowing who you are rea