Brain Typing And Super-Smart Lasers

We don't have flying cars, food replicators, or matter transporters yet, but science has moved to a point where lasers can identify the chemical makeup of compounds and computers can take user input from brain activity instead of needing a keyboard and mouse. The within Google's penumbra of interest), scientist Robert Downs Raman spectroscopy to accomplish its amazing feats. Downs explained the neat party trick co-worker Bonner Denton, the gadget's designer, uses to demonstrate the laser's capabilities: (W)hite plastic container and the (Tylenol) pills are inside. You can shoot the Raman and the laser goes through that white plastic, it identifies the three parts of Tylenol the aspirin and it tells you what the plastic is made out of. It works on leaves - I can identify the species of trees by shooting their leaves. I don't think the biologists are aware of this yet. I have a friend who collects snakeskins, I shot the snakeskins and I can identify the species of snake. Last month researchers in Switzerland showed that with the Raman instrument they could detect breast cancer. Another advance in technology focuses on biology rather than geology. Typists who use speech recognition programs to translate speech-to-text could be left behind when it comes to input speed. Michael Addicott The Berlin Brain-Computer Interface, aka the "mental typewriter," offers great promise for medical usage by patients. Gaming and entertainment industries could benefit too. And as fellow writer John Stith pointed out to me, the military will have an interest in it as well. here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.