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I'm a Pundit: Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Emotiv and Hype

Sat, 07/10/2010 - 6:03pm — decibel.places

I answered a question on LinkedIn asking about the difference between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0

I cited the common understanding that the terms are hype and not based on any substantive metrics - and my usual quip predicting that Web 3.0 will come with the maturation of neural brain wave controllers such as Emotiv Epoc headsets.

Tae Hyun Moon liked my answer so much he asked permission to excerpt it on his blog, along with nine other answers.

I have often quipped that "Web 3.0" will involve a direct connection from the user's brain to the internet - and we're getting closer all the time...

Fugeddabout speech recognition, start working on thought recognition!

The Emotiv SDK including an SDK headset is now available for immediate license.

This thought-conversion technology is composed of some extremely sophisticated software and a piece of headgear that looks like a cross between a telephone headset and a skeletal bike helmet. Embedded in the headset are 16 electrodes that press lightly on my scalp, monitoring the electrical signals generated by the 3 pounds of toothpaste-like goo sealed in my skull. The signals are my brain waves, the stuff of thought and emotion. The headset passes the signals to the software, which extracts patterns that can be used to control anything that's run by electronics.

(Inc. Magazine)