Facebook is developing an interface for deaf people

Facebook will teach deaf people to “hear” skin

Unit Facebook is developing a special interface, which will allow not only to control the computer using the power of thought, but to hear almost all the sounds through vibration of the skin. According to specialists, the innovation will be ready for the first tests by the end of the year.

The instrument was called Building 8. About its development was announced last year mark Zuckerberg. According to him, through this interface, you will not only enter some data without the aid of limbs, but also to hear the skin. After that, representatives of Facebook has made it clear that the company leads the development in the field of augmented reality.

Zuckerberg noted that some development will be conducted in conjunction with Google, which has expressed a desire to participate in the project. Currently, the program involved more than sixty people.

Work on the project is only six months. Building 8 cooperate with the leading technological universities in the United States. Experts note that the creation of three-dimensional interface should make a real revolution in science and technology. The first prototypes of the devices will go into testing by the end of this year.

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