The future of the 1980s predicted it would be SQUIDs, as in Gibson's "Johnny Mnemonic". By comparison, fMRI, which looks at changes in blood flow, is slower than straight MRI with SQUID detectors.
If I had to make a 100 year bet on what would be the human computer interface of the future, after getting it contractually agreed that whoever is forcing me to place this bet is responsible for me surviving another 100 years, I would probably then bet on Tetris, just to annoy everyone.
That said, I don't think it will be fmri either. Personally, I'd be betting on something involving an implanted optical lace driving genetically modified cell sites, with possibly a shielded skull to actually block rf shenanigans, as a futuristic nod to all the tinfoil hat wearers.
I can't imagine the ultimate HMI being anything but synaptic, specifically a bio-engineered cell which has a human synapse on one end and an electromagnetic interface on the other.
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Maybe we'll have an MRI in every home someday.
Not today, and tomorrow isn't looking good either. But if i had to make a 100 year bet, i'd bet fmri's are the human computer interface of the future.
The future of the 1980s predicted it would be SQUIDs, as in Gibson's "Johnny Mnemonic". By comparison, fMRI, which looks at changes in blood flow, is slower than straight MRI with SQUID detectors.
If I had to make a 100 year bet on what would be the human computer interface of the future, after getting it contractually agreed that whoever is forcing me to place this bet is responsible for me surviving another 100 years, I would probably then bet on Tetris, just to annoy everyone.
That said, I don't think it will be fmri either. Personally, I'd be betting on something involving an implanted optical lace driving genetically modified cell sites, with possibly a shielded skull to actually block rf shenanigans, as a futuristic nod to all the tinfoil hat wearers.
I can't imagine the ultimate HMI being anything but synaptic, specifically a bio-engineered cell which has a human synapse on one end and an electromagnetic interface on the other.
I don't think that's a good idea, because of the active RF transmissions and strong magnetic fields needed.
Passive measurements like MEG could work a lot better, though they have some problems with being sensitive to disturbances....