This Strange Headset Lets You Interact with Digital Devices Simply By Reading Your Mind

Researchers at MIT have developed a headset that can read the words you’re picturing in your mind so that you can interact with digital devices, virtual assistants–like Siri and Alexa–and other people, without actually speaking.

When you think about saying a word, your brain sends signals to your face muscles to prepare them for the upcoming vocalization. The device works by reading these so-called sub-vocalizations, otherwise known as "silent speech."

By Aristos Georgiou

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