'Mind reading' chip unveiled in China could soon let you control your smartphone or PC with your thoughts

推出“读心术”芯片，不久就能让你用意念控制智能手机或个人电脑

A mind-reading chip that let you control a computer by just thinking has been unveiled at a conference in China.

Dubbed Brain Talker, works by picking out small electrical pulses in the brain and quickly decoding them into signals that a computer can interpret.

The chip could be used to control computers, smartphones and other devices, its creators say.

It also has potential medical, education, security and entertainment applications, they add.

However, the information released so far on the chip and exactly how it operates is limited.

在举行的一次会议上，一种能让你通过意念来控制电脑的读心术芯片问世了。

这种被称为“大脑对话者”的装置，通过识别大脑中的小电脉冲，并将其快速解码成计算机可以理解的信号。

芯片的发明者说，这种芯片可以用来控制电脑、智能手机和其他设备。

他们补充说，此芯片还具有潜在的医疗、教育、安全和娱乐应用前景。

然而，到目前为止，对此芯片以及具体操作方式的信息披露依然有限。

The Brain Talker chip has been jointly developed by Tianin University and the China Electronics Corporation.

These kinds of brain–computer interfaces are design to let a person control a computer, smartphone or other electronic device using their brainwaves alone — without needing any form of verbal instruction, movement, or button pressing.

Brain interfaces would not only allow for the faster operation of various technologies, but also be used to assist people with disabilities, for example by letting an individual drive an electric wheelchair just by thinking.

'Brain-computer Interfaces hold a promising future,' said Dong Ming, dean of Tianin University's Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine.

大脑对话者芯片由天津大学和电子集团公司联合开发。

这类人机交互的设计目的是让人类可以仅凭脑电波就能控制电脑、智能手机或其他电子设备，无需任何形式的语言指令、动作或按键。

人机交互不仅可以让各种技术更快地运行，还可以用来帮助残疾人，例如让一个人只需通过意念就能驾驶电动轮椅。

天津大学医学工程与转化医学研究院院长董明说，人机交互具有广阔的应用前景。

'The Brain Talker chip advances brain-computer interface technology, allowing it to become more portable, wearable and accessible to the general public,' he added.

The brain decoding chip works by picking out minor neural electrical signals within the cerebral cortex and rapidly translate them into a form that the computer an understand.

'This brain-computer codec chip has the ability to discriminate minor neural electrical signals and decode their information efficiently, which can greatly enhance the speed and accuracy of brain-computer interfaces,' said Dr Ming.

他补充说:“‘大脑对话’芯片推动了人机交互技术的发展，让它变得更便携、更可穿戴、更易于大众使用。”

大脑解码芯片的工作原理是，从大脑皮层中提取微小的神经电信号，并迅速将它们转换成计算机能够理解的数据形式。

明博士说:“这种人机解码器芯片能够识别微小的神经电信号，并有效地解码它们的信息，这可以大大提高人机交互的速度和准确性。”

Exsting applications of brain–computer interface technology have included controlling a robotic arm to help people with paralysis write and feed themselves.

On a more frivolous front, Netflix revealed in 2017 that it had developed a mind-reading headband that selected shows to watch based on the wearer's thoughts.

Recent advances in both integrated circuits and computational neuroscience have allowed researchers to develop the Brain Talker chip so it is both smaller and operates faster, more precisely and with greater efficiency than exsting brain–computer interfaces.

Although it is not clear exactly how the device will be worn, most brain–computer interface devices are worn on the outside of the body, rather than being embedded directly into the user's brain.

人机交互技术的现有应用包括控制机器人手臂，帮助瘫痪患者书写和进食。

在更细分的领域，Netflix在2017年透露，它已经开发了一种读心术发带，可以根据佩戴者的想法选择观看的节目。

集成电路和计算神经科学方面的最新进展，令研究人员能够开发出大脑对话芯片，使其比现有的人机交互更小、运行速度更快、更精确、效率更高。

尽管目前还不清楚该设备将如何佩戴，但大多数人机交互设备都是戴在身体外部，而不是直接植入用户的大脑。

Cheng Longlong, a data scientist from the China Electronics Corporation, said that the research team will 'endeavour to enhance the performance of the Brain Talker.'

'One day brain-computer codec chips will contribute to medical treatment, education, self-discipline, security as well as games and entertainment,' he added.

电子集团公司的数据科学家程龙龙说，研究小组将努力提高大脑对话者的表现。

他补充说:“有一天，人机解码器芯片将有助于医疗、教育、自律、安全以及游戏和娱乐。”

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Josephlive88, singapore, Singapore, 4 days ago

Now hacker can hack while they are on the move?

现在黑客可以随时行动了？

britishbirds, Accrington, United Kingdom, 5 days ago

find it difficult to use in London

这在伦敦肯定不好用。

NotSoSilentMajority, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 5 days ago

I'm in big trouble if it can read my mind.

如果芯片能读懂我的想法，我就有大麻烦了。

whalay, Abuja, Nigeria, 5 days ago

Then they wouldn't have to ask your consent on Cookies no more. Are we that lazy now?

那样的话他们都不用先问问我们同不同意了。我们有那么懒了么？

CHAS, Hampshire, United Kingdom, 5 days ago

Wait until someone hacks into the chip and starts to control you.

等着瞧吧，会有人侵入芯片并开始控制你的。

Buttered_Scone, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5 days ago

In the hand, on the skin and then under the skin. AI and learning tech needs to be fed by many nodes

在手里，在皮肤上，然后在皮肤下。人工智能和学习技术需要很多节点来支持。

Here_we_go_again, Manchester, United Kingdom, 5 days ago

Or conversely could let China control you via your Huawei Smartphone with their "thoughts". Coming soon, Huawei "little red book" special edition smartphone.......

或者反过来，让用他们的“思想”通过你的华为智能手机来控制你。即将推出的华为“小小红皮书”特别版智能手机

The Fox, Larimore, United States, 5 days ago

It may sound disturbing, but it's from China. So you know it will be... a soul destroying dystopian nightmare! That country is becoming truly frightening and what's worse is our tech companies are hel them create this techno-hell.

这听起来可能令人不安，但它来自。所以你知道会是…一个毁灭灵魂的反乌托邦噩梦!这个国家正变得越来越可怕，更糟糕的是，我们的科技公司正在帮助他们创造这种技术地狱。

CONbotfisherman, wowlookwhobitthehooktoday, United States, 6 days ago

Let's you control the device with your thoughts AND lets whoever log and data track your personal thought patterns.... yeah how great. This is why we are doomed. Innovation without any thought regard or view as to what it could lead to.

让我们用你的想法来控制这个设备，让任何人都能通过记录和数据跟踪你的个人思维模式……是的，好棒哦。这就是我们注定要失败的原因。没有任何想法的创新，不考虑或不关心它会导致什么后果。

Pendrag00n, Jacksonville, United States, 6 days ago

Made in China and you are going to connect to your Brain? That's like ordering an under water 110/220v light from China, and trusting to put your hand in the water 6 months later, with the light on LOL

这是制造的东西，你要连接到你的大脑吗？这就像从订购了一个110/220v水下用灯，并相信6个月后灯还能亮着，哈哈

Time is Entropy Gain, Third-D surface hypersphere, United Kingdom, 6 days ago

Huaweii is now working on how to make this technology work the other way round.

华为现在正在研究如何让这项技术反向作用。

jim pilgrim, Born and Bred in Lancs EU, France, 5 days ago

WOW - I can do that already . I just think "Turn It Off"- and my hand does it ! All the way down there at the end of my arm !

哇，我现在就能做到这个。我只需要用脑子想一下“关掉”——我的手就做到了！一直到我手臂的尽头!

George McSwinton, Edgewater, United States, 6 days ago

How soon before we can control other humans?

我们还需要多久才能控制别人？

SmellYaLater, Jalapeno, United Kingdom, 5 days ago

Even your thoughts won't be safe and secret soon.

很快，就连你的思维活动也不再安全隐秘了。

Money for schools, USA, United States, 5 days ago

I definitely don't want any chips in my body.

我对在身体里安装这样的芯片是绝对拒绝的。

jim pilgrim, Born and Bred in Lancs EU, France, 5 days ago

<< humans will be able to seamlessly connect their brains to a cloud of computers to glean information from the internet in real-time >> . The problem is they will need their own brain to FUNCTION to make USE of that information. Until the human brain intervenes to arrange it structurally and cognitively - it is only "data" it is not "information". If you have infinite data it will take infinite time to sort for information.

人类将能把他们的大脑实时无缝地对接到计算机云上>>从互联网上收集信息。问题是他们需要运转自己的大脑来利用这些信息。在人类大脑介入，在结构和认知上对其进行排列前——它只是“数据”，而不是“信息”。如果你有无限的数据，它将花费无限的时间来对信息进行排序。

VoiceUvReality, ToonTown, United States, 5 days ago

Facebook already filing a patent for the API that will allow them to track your thoughts...

Facebook已经为API申请了专利，可以让他们跟踪你的想法…

Lunenburg, Montevideo, Uruguay, 4 days ago

Good for you. Now give a thought to someone paralysed from the neck down. Maybe this can help them.

我觉得挺好的。想想那些从颈部以下就瘫痪不能动弹的人。也许这项技术能帮助他们。

Stephen Yucky-Loser, Mancy Land, United Kingdom, 6 days ago

i control my smart phone with my thoughts and then i use arms and fingers to convey that control onto the phone. I think that is possibly why the germans call a mobile phonesa "handy".

我用我的思想控制我的智能手机，然后我用手臂和手指把这种控制传递到手机上。我想这可能就是为什么德国人把手机叫做“handy”的原因。

jim pilgrim, Born and Bred in Lancs EU, France, 5 days ago

I think you are onto something. But keep it secret. (I also noticed the built-in on-off command, it's there if you are smart enough to find it., but most people don't)

我想你说对了。但要保密。(我还注意到内置的开关命令，如果你足够聪明，可以找到它。但大多数人并不聪明)

first name last name, Dallas, United States, 6 days ago

Lets you control the chip or lets China control you?

让你控制芯片还是让控制你?

Bigmouth29, Sheerness, United Kingdom, 6 days ago

No doubt apple will patent something similiar

毫无疑问，苹果也会申请类似的专利。

UK Cubana, Near Nashville, United States, 6 days ago

Let that become a gadget sold everywhere to anyone someday and imagine the divorce rate sky rocket.

如果有朝一日这东西成为一个到处都能买到的小玩意，想象一下离婚率一定会飙升。

DannyUK, UK, United Kingdom, 6 days ago

Well that would certainly solve the movement for VR at least but I don't see it becoming mainstream for a very long time.

这至少可以解决虚拟现实的运动问题，但在未来很长一段时间内，我不认为它会成为主流。

fight_the_nwo, London, United Kingdom, 6 days ago

I think people should spend less time on their phone.... not integrate with it! Aren't social media and the like just getting boring now? I've noticed less and less people posting lately. It's much better to just meet up with people!

我认为人们应该少花点时间在手机上……不要人机交互！社交媒体之类的东西现在不是越来越无聊了吗？我注意到最近发帖的人越来越少了。与真人面对面交往更好！

Gooner95, Bromley, United Kingdom, 6 days ago

And let them hack in, in the other direction? Brain > phone..... hacker > phone > brain. I'll stick to finger & thumb and leave you with four words - Rise of the Cybermen

让他们从另一个方向入侵?大脑>电话.....黑客>电话>大脑。我还是继续用手指和拇指好了，我要给你们留下四个字——网络人的崛起

Bigmouth29, Sheerness, United Kingdom, 6 days ago

Apple, Dell, Cissco, to name a few companies use goods from China along with the majority of the components in your car, tv, computer, medical goods come from the same place.

苹果，戴尔，思科，以这几个公司为例，他们使用来自的产品，你的汽车，电视，电脑，医疗产品的大部分零部件都来自。

keep it froody, Anti Kardashian League Leader, United Kingdom, 5 days ago

So mind control takes a step closer.

这么说精神控制又更前进一步了。

markypoos1, Ipswich, United Kingdom, 6 days ago

Then they can download our thoughts and control us

然后他们就可以下载我们的思想并控制我们了。

Conner Emery, Urethra, United States, 6 days ago

The thought police release their weapon against humanity.

思维警察操起了他们反人类的武器。