EEG waves shows the frequency which reflects the state of human mind and they may become in the future a common way to communicate with every device and everything among. This will will be allowed thanks to bands such as Melon, Neeuro or Emotiv.
These devices are already on the market, they are not cheap and not yet operating as thoroughly as they should, but in most cases they work satisfactorily. The appropriate frequency of EEG waves reflect what happens in the human head and beyond. What he or she sees, hears and in general what is the situation in which someone is located, and of course it is possible to play game too! For example, with the special application for mobile devices, you can use these headbands to play a simple game, "thinking" about what should ball do and where should go. We can see it all up to date on the screen of our computer or smartphone. It works not only through the mind, but also by analyzing the reaction of the players body. This opens the way for completely new solutions and experiences.
The future of this issue may look very promising, which gives a lot of opportunities but also concerns. For example, the theft of memories. Different experiments have shown that this is possible. and in my opinion this is the greatest threat and disaster associated with this technology. Stealing someone's memories, or someone's secrets, the most important ones, including all possible passwords, knowledge, someone's abilities, qualities and so on. Someone could use this knowledge to the worst possible ideas and to blackmail. It sounds awful and like lame science fiction, but in the future this might be the fact and we need slowly begin to prepare in the near future for this kind of reality. The progress always comes with this kind of flaws. On the other hand the advantages such as improved mood and concentration a bit overshadowed this drawback, but there are more. With this technology we would understood better ourselves and our "inside". From the beginning of our life we could know our abilities, capabilities, advantages and disadvantages. We will be better studing and understanding our brains, which still are large mystery, as well as their illnesses, the mental and the physical once. People with disabilities thanks to this type of combination of biology and technology will be dealing much better in their lifes with them, or even they will be able to recover lost or never possessed skills and capabilities. We are facing a very interesting times. I really recommend the Dark Mirror series, which has already been metioned recently on this blog and it is on the Netfilix platform, about which I have wrote in my second article. Few episodes from all three seasons are facing human brain issues and its contact with technology. While watching this I really see the future more or less and it seems even more curious, interesting and unpredictable than you might think.
What do you think of this type of wristband? Does that make sense according to you? Do people in the future will use this type of equipment? Is this really a threat?
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Of course, it's too early to panic (as Damian said), because there isn't such possibility yet, but we should be conscious that one day it could be. In my opinion, our memories and thoughts are one of the most valueable parts of us, so we should think how to prevent from stealing it.
By the way did you mean the Black Mirror?
Yeah, is the Black Mirror, I’ve watched this serie too and it made big impression on me. As Paulina said, people are afraid new and unknown things. I think this technology could help people, for example to control their prosthesis arm, leg, other parts of our body, which now can’t replace the original one fully. Personally, I’m not enthusiast this kind of technology, because even now, with smartphones, smartwatches, Gear Vrs, we are more and more addicted to it. Our generation sometimes has social problems, with interpersonal communication. The question is what this technology would affect on our brains in long-term perspective, if it could modify our thoughts and therefore behaviours?
But I must admit, that it is a great job, which is done by really smart people and I admire it.
I know that technological progress is unstoppable, but sometimes this changes are too much surprising.