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But remember, even Limbo robots are dangerous, because they’re made of metal, and robots are strong:

More soon to be mundane videos after the jump.

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The video above is a demonstration of a prototype sub-vocal communication system.  The band around his neck senses nerve activity in the throat. Even when you are only thinking of talking, these throat nerves get activated, and that activity can be interpreted into commands for the system to speak for you.

It’s pretty basic at around 150 words or phrases, but as we’ve seen with voice-to-text, this should progress fairly quickly.  The best part is there is no implant to surgically install.

I find the end bit the most exciting, where the system could augment your brain by listening to what info we want “where’s that bus stop?”, automatically fetching that info off the web, and relaying it back to you. Amazing.