] ASA is developing a subvocal speech system that could ] enable you to make a phone call while keeping your lips ] sealed. ] ] How do you talk to someone without opening your mouth? ] Psychics call it telepathy. NASA refers to it as subvocal ] speech. Scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center in ] California have developed a system of tiny sensors that ] read nerve signals in the throat that control speech. You ] may not make a sound when, say, you read silently, but ] your nervous system is buzzing with activity. Recently, ] they used the system to make the first subvocal cell ] phone call. ] Very cool. Even in the limited fashion described in this article, this technology could be used as a method to control wearable computers. TheFeature :: Talking Loud And Saying Nothing |