An August 13, 2008 University of California, Irvine press release heralds the advent of the possible future arrival of technology even more advanced than the Paperless Office:
Scientists to study synthetic telepathy
—Researchers get grant to develop communication system based on thoughts, not speech—
A team of UC Irvine scientists has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to study the neuroscientific and signal-processing foundations of synthetic telepathy.
The research could lead to a communication system that would benefit soldiers on the battlefield and paralysis and stroke patients, according to lead researcher Michael D’Zmura, chair of the UCI Department of Cognitive Sciences.
“Thanks to this generous grant we can work with experts in automatic speech recognition and in brain imaging at other universities to research a brain-computer interface with applications in military, medical and commercial settings,” D’Zmura says.
(Thanks to Scott Langill for bringing this to our attention.)