Nerve-tapping Neckband Allows 'Telepathic' Chat

ZonkerWilliam writes "Newscientist has an interesting article on tapping the nerve impulses going from the brain to the vocal chords, allowing for 'Voiceless' phone calls. "With careful training a person can send nerve signals to their vocal cords without making a sound. These signals are picked up by the neckband and relayed wirelessly to a computer that converts them into words spoken by a computerized voice." It's not quite telepathy, but it's pretty close."

Frosty Poophole allows telepathic crap

[Anonymous Coward]

What more needs to be said? Telepathic crap, people! Isn't that awesome?
 

Wireless, eh?

[Secret Rabbit]

Isn't there a reason why DefCon doesn't have wireless mic's at there event?

Telepathy

[the brown guy]

" It's not quite telepathy, but it's pretty close." I though telepathy was when you could transmit or interpret one's thoughts. These guys are talking about interpreting what one is saying. I am way baked.

Ventriloquism

[nick_davison]

Speaking without moving your lips is generally ventriloquism, not telepathy.

Granted, telling off color jokes with disturbing old man/child connotations doesn't sound quite as cool as reading minds and joining the X-Men. Still, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck without moving its bill, it's still a ventriloquist duck and not a telepath.

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this won't go over well

[l0ungeb0y]

The computerized voice will ruin it.

Mainly because no one wants to have phonesex with Stephen Hawking.
"hellll-o, you rrrrrrrrrr-eally ta-urrrrrrning meon rightnow."

And then as an answer to that, they'll come out with customized "human sounding" voices and you'll be wanting to shoot all your friends who always call using the American idol flavor of the week voice.

Blind dates will be ruined too... For all you know, that babe-alicious voice on the other end belongs to a 300lb 60 year old with a trechiotomy.

Re:this won't go over well

[glittalogik]

A blind date with a sexy voice and and a tracheotomy? Jackpot!

Re:Ventriloquism

[jd]

Still, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck without moving its bill, it's still a ventriloquist duck

Keith and Orville [thebubbleburst.co.uk] are still touring?

Re:Ventriloquism

[alxkit]

careful now, it just may be a platypus.

Re:The last thing the world needs...

[Jens Egon]

Mod this guy down. He really deserves more power.

What came out of the speaker

[Sinbios]

"Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all"?

Telepath wanted..

[Anonymous Coward]

Telepath wanted, you know where to apply.

Re:Ventriloquism

[jamesh]

Still, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck without moving its bill, it's still a ventriloquist duck and not a telepath.

And I for one welcome our non-telepathic ventriloquist duck overlords.

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Re:Great technology

[Chrisq]

"Read my lips, no more taxes Sub-verbal:(I'll just increase the old ones).

Enders Game

[delvsional]

Jane? Is that you?

Re:Ventriloquism

[Gerzel]

Try YouTube.

Thank you!

[FlopEJoe]

Now, for the love of God, can you stop talking so loud on your cell phone at the airport? Nobody cares about your (probably pretend) business conversation and you don't have to talk so f'n LOUD!

Re:Ventriloquism

[somersault]

Damnit, you mean when I wanted to say that I love working with children on my pre-school assistant application form, I shouldn't have written 'paedophile' as one of my good features?

Re:Great technology

[Hognoxious]

students will try to hide the neck band under their collar, but teachers will change the rules for attending exams so the device wont be so easy to hide. outside the exam room, a sign will be posted that reads:

T-shirts only. No turtlenecks allowed!

Headline from the year 2015: Research finally reveals reason for recent academic success by islamic girls.

Re:this won't go over well

[jollyreaper]

A blind date with a sexy voice and and a tracheotomy? Jackpot!

Someone's going to have to explain to him the way deep throating is supposed to work, I think he's got the wrong idea.

Re:Ventriloquism

[Zaatxe]

I like Achmed.

So you are siding with the terrosts? Why do you hate America?