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Stephen Downes

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This story is incredibly cool, of course, but what intrigues me is that once again the mid-machine interface isn't located at the thought itself, but rather at the expression of the thought. "Brain signals induced by thoughts associated with handwriting were translated into text in real time, allowing a paralyzed man to text at a rate of 16 words per minute." This once again suggests that we don't think in words, but rather, use words to express (much more complex) thoughts.

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