Imagine not having the ability to communicate with your loved ones and the frustration and sadness of having to deal with no-one understanding your needs on a daily basis? We often take for granted our ability to talk and tell others what we need or want. Even to say I love you to your family. Just imagine how it feels to a child when they are learning to deal with their emotions at the same time. The parents feel helpless and it is a hard reality to deal with every day. It really makes you realise just how lucky you are to be able to reach out when you need to express your feelings by talking. There are unfortunately, a lot of people who don’t have that luxury. This is where this genius innovation comes in. Thynkware is an app that changes your thoughts into speech through your phone or computer! How amazing is that!! I have goosebumps just thinking about it. When I first read about this I just couldn’t believe it. The hair stood on the back of my head. I was compelled to watch the video in order to understand how this is possible. You will be blown away by the way this works!!
The video shows a man ( the founder of Thynkware – Duane Cash, is a researcher, innovator and inventor who has worked for Visa Labs, Honda R&D and Toyota. Duane has 15+ patents filing for the companies he has worked for and has a patent pending for a Mind-Controlled Virtual Assistant on a Smartphone Device) with a device attached to his head, holding up a phone to the screen. It is connected to Siri, a talking function on the iPhone. He literally says nothing and Siri, starts answering the questions he is thinking!! It gives a subtitle to show what he is thinking in the video and as he thinks it, the phone answers the exact question – by talking. So in fact, the phone is reading his mind. How completely and utterly mind-blowing is that?!!
This opens up a whole new world for the people affected by speech difficulty and has been developed to help people with Autism, locked-in syndrome, speech difficulties, other paralysis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in mind. The technology can be used by anyone and has been further developed for use on the Apple Watch. Imagine how wonderful it will be for children to finally be able to communicate with their parents exactly what they need there and then, by just thinking it. Being able to tell their Mum and Dad they love them for the first time in actual words? That is so priceless. They will be able to express themselves and finally communicate via this app.
Heres a little snippet about how it works and the technology behind it. ThynkWare takes our normal thought patterns by reading the EEG brainwaves and translates these mental commands into speech. Originally, ThynkWare Speech was created to help ALS sufferers. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) causes the death of neurons which control voluntary muscles. When ALS affects speech, communicating with family, friends and caretakers can be challenge. There are come communication boards that help, but this can be tedious and time-consuming, requiring someone else to watch the patient’s eyes.
They have also created a robot toy which is a companion robot for kids. Heres a bit about it from the website-
ThynkBot uses an off-the-self robot that connects by Bluetooth with the ThynkBot application and the user’s mobile wirelessly. Once you get started, you think “forward” and the robot moves forward. Think “back” and the robot moves back. Further extend your mental “telekinetic” prowess by thinking “turn left” and “turn right” and the robot will get turning in the new direction.
If you are not giving the robot enough of your mental attention, ThynkBot will let out a voice of dismay. If you are totally in the zone, ThynkBot will also let you know by voicing a burst of excitement.
This is so incredibly cool! Even I want one of those now. Fantastic for kids so that they don’t even have to hold the phone or have it on them at all times.
Just imagine the possibilities here. Soon mind control could be used for all electronic devices!
ThynkWare Innovation, Inc. provides a thought-to-control layer for your everyday devices. Built upon a Patent Pending technology for a mind-controlled virtual assistant on a smartphone device, we have created a new BCI (brain-computer interface) that changes the way we will do computing. ThynkWare Innovation provides the interface layer between your brain and your devices. With ThynkWare, anyone can use their thoughts to control their smartphones, tablets, home, office, TV, robots, clothing and even plants. ThynkWare creates a new way of computing by allowing everyone to “thynk” to interact with devices, social networks, and other people. The ThynkWare interface is the next step in computing following the invention of the mouse and personal computer.
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ThynkWare Innovation is seeking to help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), autism and other communication challenges initiate text and email/SMS messages using their thoughts. The project is intended to assist a very wide range of patients, including those who are partly or nearly completely “locked in” socially due to communication difficulties. ThynkWare Speech translates thought patterns into audible words so that people with ALS, autism, stroke, locked-in syndrome and any other communication disorder can speak important phrases to their family, friends and caregivers.
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