Although the technology is definitely possible, it wouldn’t be easy. Although I don’t think this is the main problem. Charlie Guthmann mentioned this, however I am concerned about the security risks that such a device could create. The data that this product could produce would be priceless to a company, government or any other entity, not only for understanding the brain better but also for collecting user data on peoples minds. Currently our understanding of the brain is not advanced enough for us to interpret this data and draw any specific conclusions on what a person is thinking (i.e. What you want for dinner or your political ideologies) but the massive amount of user data produced by this device could make that possible and then be used to collect peoples thoughts. Of course this is all sci-fi conjecture but its within the realm of possibility. If you could design the machine to not interface with a separate server that would help a lot. Private security risk aside, such a machine would be far more efficient than typing. We think far faster than we type (or maybe I just type slow), and it could allow us to interface with “non-traditional” controls that are hard to make a functional input for or use machines without using our hands (which has all sorts of uses). If there was no security risks and you could design a working model, I’d pay good money for even a basic prototype of your product.
Gavin MB.
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Hi! I’m interested in potentially applying to be a research assistant although I wanted to ask a bit more of what that would entail and what I’d be working on and the site was a little non specific. Could you give an example of what I might be working on during the week and what I’d be doing? Thank you so much! This is a fascinating field I’m very interested in getting in to!