MIT Researcher Creates Mind-Controlled Internet Search Headset

Key Points

• Arnav Kapur developed AlterEgo, a headset that allows users to search the internet using thought
• The device picks up brain signals associated with words and uses them to query the internet
• It can answer questions, solve math problems, and access information discreetly and silently.
• Beyond personal use, it aims to help people with speech disorders like ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and MS (multiple sclerosis).

Media Lab Links

• https://www.media.mit.edu/articles/a-breakthrough-device-that-combines-mind-and-machine/
• https://www.media.mit.edu/articles/an-mit-researcher-demonstrated-how-we-can-now-search-the-internet-through-a-wearable-sticker/