Many companies have tried to interpret brain-waves to control electronics, but this attempt by Philips and Accenture has the backing to make it a reality commercially.
A stylish brain-wave monitor looks space-age, but could enables paralyzed wearers to use brain waves to complete household tasks.
Cognitive computers—cognizers—aim to instill human-like intelligence into our smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices using microchips that emulate the human brain. Dubbed the “Future of Computing” by the NYTimes, one of the “Best Innovation Moments of 2011” by the Washington Post and one of “10 World Changing Ideas” in a Scientific American cover story “A Computer Chip that Thinks” this book reveals how neuroscience and computer science are merging in a new era of intelligent machines light-years beyond Apple's Siri, IBM's Watson.