Mind control might leap-frog voice control, says Debbie

[rcjordan]

Talking to a computer just feels awkward.

Netflix gets out of hand with mind control
http://newatlas.com/netflix-mind-contol-remote/47651/

Yesterday's tracked robot
https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/01/30/control-a-tracked-robot-with-your-a-brainwave-headset-arduinomonday/

[Drastic]

I've felt like this will be the next major step forward.... talking to your device is just too uncool.

[grnidone]

>too uncool

You're saying this with the popularity of the Echo and the Google...whatever it's called?  I don't know...I think maybe people just aren't used to talking to their devices...yet.  But when this generation of kids grows up, it might be the norm.

[rcjordan]

>generation of kids grows up, it might be the norm.

Agreed. And if my experience with a consumer adaptation of online travel booking is a guide, it'll only be 5 years.  (I can still recall the 'You're NUTS!' look of the hotels and tourism honchos when I was evangelizing in the mid-90s.) The short time frame is why I think it'll have to leap-frog voice rather than displace it.

[ergophobe]

Look up "subvocalizations"...

Or read the long novel Existenz, which is scifi, and I thought all the subvocalization stuff was BS, until I realized they are working on it now. Not accurate yet, but give it time.