Google's BCI

[mike]

This came up in another thread but i think it deserves a discussion of its own

Since its inception, Google Glass has been demonstrating the potential to offer a wide range of applications within the field of brain-computer-interface (BCI) technology, and it’s about to go one step further. According to a report at Neurogadget, at team at Kennesaw State University’s Brainlab has developed a prototype that will allow a Glass user to interface with and give commands to Google Glass using evoked brain responses rather than swipes, nods or voice commands.

https://www.techemergence.com/mindcontrol-july-23-2014/

They are also interested in facebooks 200 word per minute BCI.
Facebook has 60 people working on how to read your mind

Its obvious why Google would want this.
Hook the technology above to Google's translator and it changes the world.

At first you will be walking down the street in France and can ask "How much for a train ticket to Lyon ?" and the iphone thats just read your thoughts will "speak" that in flawless french.
Later it uses GPS data to do so in the local dialect.

The next one sends the question directly to the brain of the person you are asking directions from.

Humanity will speak a common language at last.

Lets hope we do better than the THHGTTG in its application though.

"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."

Jokes aside how cool will that be ? Your personal devices acting as universal translators.

One humanity gets used to it, we can add apps for non terrestrial languages as well.

We are almost there peoples of earth....