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Computer system transcribes words users 'speak silently'

MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user verbalizes internally but does not actually speak aloud.

The system consists of a wearable device and an associated computing system. Electrodes in the device pick up neuromuscular signals in the jaw and face that are triggered by internal verbalizations – saying words “in your head” – but are undetectable to the human eye. The signals are fed to a machine-learning system that has been trained to correlate particular signals with particular words.

The device also includes a pair of bone-conduction headphones, which transmit vibrations through the bones of the face to the inner ear. Because they don’t obstruct the ear canal, the headphones enable the system to convey information to the user without interrupting conversation or otherwise interfering with the user’s auditory experience.

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Source: news.mit.edu
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Urgent: looking for a home!

This is Buddy.

He’s a cat that my parents have had since he was a kitten. Eleven years now.

He is a gigantic cuddle bug, and likes to spend his nights laying next to you, keeping you warm (and stealing your warms).  He likes drinking water from the faucet, so when you brush your teeth, you might need to push him out of the way. If you don’t close the door before your shower, you also might end up with him in the shower with you. It’s okay, he just likes water, as long as it’s his choice.

Unfortunately, he and his littermate are, for some reason, no longer getting along. After 11 years, they have decided that they suddenly hate one another. This has lead to almost five months of visits to vets, treatments, rearranging lives and household furniture. 

His littermater was sick and was peeing all over the house. The good news is that they both have clean bills of health now. The bad news is that, because Buddy still SMELLS it, he’s still going to the bathroom all over my parent’s house. Despite the almost five months of working to rehabilitate these two, it hasn’t worked.

My parents have contacted rescues and no kill shelters. They are either full, or don’t take owner surrenders.

The truth of the matter is this:

Unless we are able to find a foster home, and hopefully a new forever home, Buddy is going to have to be put to sleep. He can’t keep living in my family’s bathroom. My family can’t follow him around his every moment that he is let outside of the bathroom to keep him from using the bathroom all over the house instead of his box.

This old, cuddly man needs a new place to live. And it needs to be a place where he will be appreciated for who he is, and will give him the love that we still have. It’s that love that is making us try to exhaust every possibility for him. 

He is scared of dogs, and with the issues he has been having with his brother, I’m not sure how he would do with another cat in the household. Buddy would likely do the best if he was an only child in the house. 

That being said, he was fine for 11 years before. If you have the patience and heart to work with him, life with other pets might be possible. 

My family lives in south eastern Wisconsin. I’m more than willing to drive into Illinois or towards Minnesota too, for the right home for him. All over Wisconsin too. 

I promise you a clean bill of health for him, and a kitty that won’t hide from humans. A litter box and a healthy appetite comes with him, as does a fondness for fuzzy blankets on the laps of “his human” to snore away on.

If you can’t take him in, that’s okay. Just pass the word along, help me get the message out. If you think you have a spot in your life for this fur-kid, let me know. Message me here, or send me a message on Ao3. Whatever works best for you. 

I’m happy to meet you halfway, if you’re from further away than the Midwest states. If it means finding him a good home, it’s worth it. 

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absentlyabbie

Hey friends, we need your help to find this sweet older gentleman a new home as quickly as possible! He’s a good, loving boy who has in his late years found living with his brother stressful, and I know in a calmer environment he could live out the rest of his life as a peaceful, loving soul again.

The situation is growing dire for Buddy as the current circumstances can’t remain tenable for much longer. It’s not good for Buddy, for his brother, or for his human family for things to remain as they are any longer than they must. It is breaking their hearts to part with him, but they would so, so much rather do so by sending him to be loved by someone else than to say goodbye to him in that most permanent fashion.

If you are able, please consider taking Buddy into your home and your heart. If you are not, please reblog and help him reach more dashboards and more hearts until he finds the one can be his for always.

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“When somebody provokes your anger, the only reason you get angry is because you’re holding on to how you think something is supposed to be. You’re denying how it is. Then you see it’s the expectations of your own mind that are creating your own hell. When you get frustrated because something isn’t the way you thought it would be, examine the way you thought, not just the thing that frustrates you. You’ll see that a lot of your emotional suffering is created by your models of how you think the universe should be and your inability to allow it to be as it is.” - Ram Dass

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rpm222

How awesome it is to see it in words.