A neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals has been used to demonstrate a "voiceless" phone call for the first time.
With careful training a person can send nerve signals to their vocal cords without making a sound. These signals are picked up by the neckband and relayed wirelessly to a computer that converts them into words spoken by a computerised voice.
A video (right) shows the system being used to place the first public voiceless phone call on stage at a recent conference held by microchip manufacturer Texas Instruments. Michael Callahan, co-founder of Ambient Corporation, which developed the neckband, demonstrates the device, called the Audeo.
Users needn't worry about that the system voicing their inner thoughts though. Callahan says producing signals for the Audeo to decipher requires "a level above thinking". Users must think specifically about voicing words for them to be picked up by the equipment.
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13449-nervetapping-neckband-allows-telepathic-chat.htmlIn other news, i watched this last night which while dealing with the topic of snuff film in popular culture it mostly deals with the history of more popular exploitation films that most of us have heard of (cannibal holocaust, guinea pig, etc). I dont really have much interest in the subject matter or exploitation films but im a sucker for documentaries.
And after years of ignoring venetian snares output mostly because IDM/breakcore is a sort of parody of old jungle and DnB techno stuff that needs to stay dead and shouldnt exist even in parody form. I came across a release he did that is pretty amazing. The album is a couple years old so this is pretty old news to people that take an interest in this sort of thing. Anyway its entitled Rossz Csillag Alatt Szueletett which combines hungarian classical pieces with his usual mix of break beats and noise. This is the video that pretty much turned me on to it.
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