Facebook Is Building Brain-Computer Interfaces for Typing and Skin-Hearing
From: TechCrunch - 04/19/2017
By: Josh Constine

A team of 60 engineers at Facebook's Building 8 research laboratory is
building a brain-computer interface to enable mind-controlled typing. The
interface will be designed to scan the user's brain 100 times a second via
optical imaging, translating thoughts into text. "This is about decoding the
words you've already decided to share by sending them to the speech center of
your brain," according to Facebook. Project participants include specialists
in machine learning for deciphering speech and language, building optical
neuroimaging systems with advanced spatial resolution, and next-generation
neural prosthetics. The goal is to eventually construct non-invasive
interface devices that do not require a physical implant. Another project at
Building 8 is concentrating on hardware and software that enables a person's
skin to emulate the ear's cochlea, which could enable hearing-impaired people
to "hear" by circumventing their ears.

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Links:
Regina Dugan exits Go'gle to lead Facebook’s Building 8, a new R&D lab
https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/13/regina-dugan-exits-google-to-lead-facebooks-building-8-a-new-rd-lab

Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up with AI
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/27/elon-musks-neuralink-wants-to-boost-the-brain-to-keep-up-with-ai

Facebook Announces "Typing-by-Brain" Project
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/bionics/facebook-announces-typing-by-brain-project