Orange County Register

You think it, your ride does it. That’s the latest news out of Toyota, which today announced that it has developed a way to interpret a person’s brain waves and turn those thoughts into motion.

For now, the application is being used in wheelchairs, but one has to wonder, could it someday be applied to vehicles — and would we even want it to?

According to a news release from Toyota, its brain-reading technology takes place in a blink-of-the-eye quick 125 milliseconds, much quicker than other versions that require seconds to respond to a person’s thoughts and turn them into action.

The Japanese auto giant says it aims to use the technology in a “wide range” of areas, such as medicine and nursing care.

“Such systems allow elderly or handicapped people to interact with the world through signals from their brains, without having to give voice commands,” the company said.

“R&D under consideration includes increasing the number of commands given and developing more efficient dry electrodes,” to company adds.  “So far the research has centered on brain waves related to imaginary hand and foot control.  However, through further measurement and analysis it is anticipated that this system may be applied to other types of brain waves generated by various mental states and emotions.”

Read the full release and more details HERE.

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