76
Brain Implants Let Paralyzed People Type Nearly as Fast as Smartphone Users
(singularityhub.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
76 points (98.7% liked)
Technology
42519 readers
54 users here now
A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.
Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
I love to type fast, but I recognise it's not as valuable as typing something worth reading. I used to write long emails and it was never really worth a damn in the end. As for writing books, those aren't the kind of thing you should just firehose onto the page either.
Sure but we're not talking about what's being typed, rather how fast you can type it.
Yeah but like... This is a post about people who couldn't type at all before. Even 22WPM is a massive quality of life boost, and all I'm saying is that even such a modest speed unlocks pretty much all of the contributory ability a strong typist has (and that slower isn't always worse).
Oh for sure! But them saying that 22wpm is "nearly as fast as smartphone users" is what I'm calling out. This is an enormous improvement for the people who it affects!