Intel Wants to put a Chip in Your Brain
Intel Wants to put a Chip in Your Brain
Posted 11/22/2009 at 1:25pm
| by Justin Kerr
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Anyone who follows Intel closely knows that they don’t just pump out high end CPU’s, but they actually dedicate entire teams to “pie in the sky” ideas of what future technologies might look like. This could be anything from an x86 cluster of CPU’s to render video, or in this case, using your brain to control a computer. It may sound farfetched, but its something Intel and its researchers have been actively studying for sometime now.
Currently scientists are focusing on how the brain reacts when interacting with a computer, and then learning ways to interpret this data to execute commands on the machine. The idea here is to allow your thoughts to take over for your mouse and keyboard. Intel is of the belief that an implant would make this easier, though I’m not entirely sure how many volunteers they are going to get with that idea. “Eventually people may be willing to be more committed… to brain implants" said Intel’s Vice-President of future Technology, Andrew Chien. "Imagine being able to surf the Web with the power of your thoughts”
You may have your doubts, and so do we, but it might interest you to know that researchers have already made significant strides in the field of reading brain patterns, and have already identified certain words such as “bear” that cause everyones brain to react in a similar manner. “I think human beings are remarkably adaptive,” said Chien, “If you told people 20 years ago that they would be carrying computers all the time, they would have said I don’t want that, I don’t need that. Now you can’t get them to stop. There are a lot of things that have to be done first but I think implanting chips into human brains is well within the scope of possibility”. Chien speculates we will be lining up for implants as early as 2010.
Are you comfortable with this idea?
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joo19
March 24, 2010 at 4:15am
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Mighty BOB!
November 22, 2009 at 11:19pm
I think this technology is an inevitability. It just can't get here fast enough already, although I wouldn't adopt it until it matured. I'm sure the technology will have a lot of growing pains to get over before it is widely used and safe, espeicially for the early adopters and beta testers. This is your brain after all. High complication rates are likely at first.
mpcrsc562
November 22, 2009 at 9:17pm
who's gonna pay for the implants? my workplace insurance? will it classify as a necessary procedure? if my aging mother wants an implant will her medicare part d cover it?
too sketchy
snapple00
November 22, 2009 at 9:56pm
Only if you are depressed and have missed at least 1 year of work.
croman4872
November 22, 2009 at 4:06pm
good luck convincing people to getting silicon brain tumors screwed onto their noodles..
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November 23, 2009 at 10:24am
...compared to silicon breast implants and removing entire organs. If it works and doesn't cause more issues. just how long will it take to prove that.
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jlaber
November 22, 2009 at 3:57pm
Will they require us to get "Intel Inside" tatooed on our foreheads?
Sonickid101
November 22, 2009 at 3:12pm
I want matrix style downloads into my brain like in the Matrix to eliminate classroom learning and get on with doing stuff.
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November 23, 2009 at 8:52am
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xdevox
November 22, 2009 at 3:02pm
And I dont remember the outcome being to great. Wait theres a ton sci-fi movies on implant stuff!!!!!!! Here comes machine take over : P
binkievanes
November 22, 2009 at 3:00pm
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what if they find out i am not as smart as i want others to believe, i prefere to wait a little longer with the direct interfacing.A gaming port maybe??, but then not tru steam. or having a one one one with HAL2000, no thanks
blink18591
November 22, 2009 at 6:26pm
you should just join the army...its basically like FPS, but with better graphics. But if you get lag our there your dead!
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Sonickid101
November 22, 2009 at 3:13pm
lol its all a matter of porting it over and tricking your brain into believeing your not dead when you die so you can respawn.
SPARTAN-501
November 22, 2009 at 2:27pm
I'm not getting an implant in my brain. Maybe I will one day, when the technology is mature, but I'm not gonna beta test this kinda thing.
Lost_Intelligence
November 22, 2009 at 2:25pm
This has already been done. They are using it for paralyzed patients and those with Cereberal Paulsy (spelling). Of course, I don't have sources but I do remember seeing stuff over a year ago.
MeTo
November 22, 2009 at 2:10pm
Yea right get a implant in your head and you will constantly have your head updated. Then they will find out that the implants cause cancer no thanks I'll pass.
LVmonkey
November 23, 2009 at 10:27am
thats the kinda thing that worries me. in a world where greed rules, whats the quality control like on this kinda stuff. right now most electronics are not made to last...
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