Mobile App Screens Calls With Brain Waves 40
alphadogg writes "A mobile app under development can filter phone calls and reroute them directly to voicemail by reading brain waves, cutting the need for users to press buttons on the smartphone screen. The app, called Good Times, is the brainchild of Ruggero Scorcioni, CEO and founder of Brainyno, who presented the technology at the AT&T Innovation Showcase in New York, where some of the company's top research projects were highlighted. The app analyzes brainwaves as a phone call comes in, and depending on a person's mental state, reroutes a call. Information about brain waves is collected by a headset and sent to the smartphone via a Bluetooth connection, after which the app uses algorithms to analyze the status of a brain."
Of course, the user has to be wearing a headset to detect the brainwaves. The software's creator hopes such detection can someday be integrated into devices like Google Glass.
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That's what you say, but we know what you really think.
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Actually: "It wasn't me, it was my brain. Oh ...I mean, it was the thought that it was you... oh my. Yes, I'm blocking all calls right now as I'm stressing about losing my job."
Good luck! (Score:5, Insightful)
Of course, the user has to be wearing a headset to detect the brainwaves. The software's creator hopes such detection can someday be integrated into devices like Google Glass.
I cannot get voice-dial to work on my new phone. It seems to pick something random and unrelated to what I say.
But I am sure a brain-wave detector will work seamlessly very soon.
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Pure wank, never mind the convenience of dialing while driving and not having to look at the phone. Too bad I still crashed as I was wanking at the time. But, now I'm disabled, so it's voice-dialing alllllll day.
"Also..." (Score:2)
"...I can screen your calls with my brain."
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Screen calls? Eventually the app could answer and have the conversation we were going to have. Also there will be apps to make calls for us based on what we're thinking. If all goes well, these apps will call each other and have the entire conversation without us. I hope it is an interesting conversation!
I wonder if they will get their own facebook accounts....
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Google Glass? (Score:1)
So ... soo tired of April 1st articles (Score:2)
Wait, wut?
Someone alert the Whitehouse, Obama is all for brain mapping.
Good idea. (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sure it's a super idea, transmitting your mental state over Bluetooth, what could possibly go wrong?
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"To pair with MindReadr (TM), just think the number 2643. To dismiss, don't think of those numbers"
Crap!
After seeing that headset.. (Score:1)
"Sure I look stupid, but I didn't have to use my finger to route to you voicemail!"
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A headset isn't the reason why you look stupid.
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Cat ears... (Score:3)
A friend bought a set of brainwave sensing cat ears at Pax East two weeks ago.
They worked so-so with him, but during the weekend we saw a girl with a set on who was reading. The ears WERE moving left and right as she was concentrating on the text.
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As an owner of both the cat ears, and a neuroheadset made by a company called Emotive, I can say from firsthand experience that this sort of technology just isn't quite there yet. And in the case of using it to control things in a conscious manner, probably won't be for a long time. It's hard to rapidly change mental state, and it's often not a binary thing either. Add in the detection lag and even if I could consciously send the correct brainwaves to the thing it would still leave me sitting there wonderin
And you can have the mindreading headset for free! (Score:3)
What? You wanna read it first? Whatareya some kind of a nut?
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I see this sequence: (Score:2)
Check Phone
Out of State Area Code
Reroutes Call to Ex Wife
It will be outlawed. (Score:3)
Good Times (Score:2)
Integrated with Google advertizers (Score:2)
The software's creator hopes such detection can someday be integrated into devices like Google Glass
so Google can helpfully sell the info on to advertisers about when you're in a maximally receptive/gullible brain state, and serve up ads at just the right times when you're subconsciously most vulnerable to propaganda.
Based on Mental State, eh? (Score:2)
*Incoming call*
>> Brain state: focused, ignore call
= Focusing on Call of Duty means one voicemail from wife who is angry when she gets home and oops I'm still playing COD instead of prepping dinner. Let's try another:
*Incoming call*
>> Brain state: loose, open minded, answers call
= You're drunk and your boss called about the database spitting out strange errors on the QA env (and it's saturday) - but hey, you're willing to talk, you're wasted!
Personally, I prefer to look at my phone, see who is c
Follow-on products (Score:2)
The need for this tech (Score:2)
Keep it simple (Score:1)
Finally (Score:2)
Thank goodness!
It was gettting to be Soooooo much work to press a button to answer or decide to do nothing to get it into voicemail....
I am sure the occasional error from this will be much less stressful than having to choose to press a button or not :O
sigh
whatever, I still use my vintage (that is correct for a 4 year old cell phone, right? not antique til next year..) flip phone. Got a good laugh yesterday when our salesman got a call on my line and said it sounds so much better than his smartphone!