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Hackers use Siri with mind control (may be bogus)

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Hackers use Siri with mind control (may be bogus)
Let's face facts here, using your hands to control your smartphone was for suckers, so we got ourselves some voice commands. Well, it turns out voice commands are for suckers too, because it's all about mind control these days. A couple of hackers (and our new heroes) took a whole bunch of complicated looking equipment and put together a working demo of Siri used with thought commands.

The demo is obviously just that. It's a proof-of-concept video showing two guys, Josh and Graham, who are part of Project Black Mirror, which has also created a mind controlled game for iOS in another really cool demo video. The guys say that they've been able to save around "25 reliable patterns" of thought and match them to certain Siri commands like calling someone, sending a text, or making an appointment. Although, the video only shows a successful call initiated. 

Obviously, this technology is nowhere near ready for prime time as it requires quite a bit of tech, not to mention it has a pretty sizeable delay in initiating the thought command and seeing the result. Still, it's definitely a cool demo. 

UPDATE: Word has it this whole thing could very well be a fake. According to Greg Courville, the SpeakJet chip isn't hooked up properly. It's been placed sideways which means that setup would short “a number of critical pins together and would make it impossible to use”. Beyond that there is also no EEG amplifier which would make the whole project nearly impossible. Sorry guys, no mind reading just yet. 


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1. protozeloz posted on 11 Nov 2011, 17:21 3

Cool! If it's true then these guys need a new job pronto! And we need that in the form of a bt headset or something

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2. Whateverman posted on 11 Nov 2011, 17:42 1

That is some darn good hackin'! I would buy an iPhone just to do that.

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8. remixfa posted on 11 Nov 2011, 19:51 2

gotta say, thats pretty cool.. lol. If they can find a way to fit that into a case like they do with the extra battery (and find a way to not have electrodes all over your head), they would sell a crap ton.

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3. GALAXY-S posted on 11 Nov 2011, 17:56 3

see, now thats revolutionary

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4. clevername posted on 11 Nov 2011, 18:46 1

I wonder if they came up with the tech it used that novelty headset for PC that did the same. I remember watching a review of the headset on G4's AOTS when cod world at war was still popular.

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5. xmusicianguy posted on 11 Nov 2011, 18:58 1

AWESOME! I want one!

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6. vishu9 posted on 11 Nov 2011, 19:05 1

So damn cool!

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7. xiobnb posted on 11 Nov 2011, 19:16 2 2

google or window hurry up and hire these guys!!!! dont let apple hire them and then sue the heck out of anyone that will have this concept !!! you know.. since the patent system is already broken ...you can patent a gesture and thats like retarded !

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9. nanozander posted on 11 Nov 2011, 21:19 6 2

Now lets see if apple will hire these geniuses or get their own enginers to coppy that idea and claim it as their own..

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11. Azure01 posted on 11 Nov 2011, 22:17 2

Lol that you considered anything else besides the latter.

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15. SlimSoulja86 posted on 13 Nov 2011, 06:48 1

[iPhone 4 owner here] you bet Apple will steal the idea and say "This changes everything, again. Now you can think about it, and Siri will do it for you. This is the best iPhone ever...."

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10. rycx365 posted on 11 Nov 2011, 21:59 1

This is DEFINITELY the future

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12. Johnny_Mnemonic posted on 11 Nov 2011, 22:36 2

" Let's face facts here, using your hands to control your smartphone was for suckers, so we got ourselves some voice commands. Well, it turns out voice commands are for suckers too, "Jajjaja

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13. Kease posted on 11 Nov 2011, 23:01 1

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

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14. Droid_X_Doug posted on 12 Nov 2011, 11:58 1

Apples new business model - crowd-source new product ideas....

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16. saiful10 posted on 13 Nov 2011, 14:37

Is it really work?

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25. smartestphone posted on 17 Nov 2011, 21:42

it is really works! :D

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17. JGuinan007 posted on 13 Nov 2011, 21:06

So this is fake?

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18. Sniggly posted on 13 Nov 2011, 23:42 1

I knew the second that I saw this title it was fake. You will never mind control your iPhone. Your iPhone will control you.

AND JUST SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION, disclaimer time:

THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS COMMENT WAS A JOKE.

*glares at anyone who dares take me seriously*

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19. biophone posted on 13 Nov 2011, 23:53

I don't see an update in the article anywhere just in the title. sigh

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21. protozeloz posted on 14 Nov 2011, 08:06

at the bottom with the video

I had my doubts on that one

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22. remixfa posted on 14 Nov 2011, 10:45

glares back

STARING CONTEST! :)

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20. ivanko34 posted on 14 Nov 2011, 07:44

Apple has already mind control in their products.
Look at the fans and marketing practices

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23. remixfa posted on 14 Nov 2011, 10:46

you know, you try to take something at face value for once and u get slapped for it. And you guys wonder why i always think there is more going on than what is presented to us.. lol

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24. Kease posted on 14 Nov 2011, 19:52

I knew it.

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26. gabrielbenta posted on 28 Dec 2011, 16:55

freakin unbelievable!

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