IBM’s New Stuff

IBM’s “The Next 5 in 5” made predictions of the next innovations that will change our lives in the next five years, before 2017. One of these is mind-reading computers.We’ve already written about a bike that reads your mind to change gears, but IBM anticipates that you will be able to do much more.As they say, “Dialing a telephone is considered so last century.”IBM predicts that your mind will be able to operate smart phones and computers. It may also help us better understand brain disorders such as autism.Hopefully devices will be able to distinguish between thinking about something and wanting to do something. This kind of misunderstandings would be disastrous.IBM says that mind-controlling devices is not just a dream anymore, but I believe that it will take more than 5 years to achieve what IBM is looking for.automated learning matrix implant Are mind reading and Matrix like learning near?One step further: mind-writingWhat if, instead of just reading your mind, computers could teach things to you?Currently, MRI machines are being tested for this capability. They hope to record the brain activity of someone doing an activity (such as Kung Fu) and then play it back to another brain, effectively teaching it that skill.One problem: Good luck attaching an MRI to someone doing Kung Fu.Will IBM come out with a better tablet than the iPad? Will they start making iPad 2 accessories? Probably not but we need someone to compete with Apple.