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Sabi Develops A Beanie That Can Allegedly Read Your Mind
Tech startup Sabi has come out of stealth with a beanie that can purportedly read the wearer’s mind.
Why It Hits: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have been steadily growing over the past couple of years, with startups like Neuralink and Synchron making advances in the field. But those companies require you to have a device implanted in your head, which is likely way too invasive for most people. Sabi offers a viable alternative for those who don’t want brain surgery to chat with their tech.
Between The Fabric: Tech wearables are coming for your dome.
Sabi’s beanie contains 70,000 to 100,000 miniature sensors (read: a lot of them) to measure the wearer’s brain signals — a science called EEG, or electroencephalography.
The signals are then encrypted and sent to the cloud where they’re decoded into speech, which is then typed out on a device at about 30 words per minute (it’ll allegedly get faster with use).
The company is also working on a baseball-cap version of the device… but there’s no word yet on whether either headwear will be machine washable (in case you were wondering like we were).
Last Thought: Sabi built an AI system it calls a “brain foundation model” to power the device, which is “trained on extensive neural data from many people to learn fundamental patterns of activity that correlate with inner speech,” according to Wired. Sabi CEO Rahul Chhabra says that the model has thus far been trained on 100,000 hours of brain data from 100 volunteers.
At this point, giving data may be the donating plasma for a new generation.
The Future: Sabi’s beanie may live or die based on how quickly and accurately it can decipher the wearer’s thoughts. So, the company might want to make a very comfy beanie just in case the tech needs to go through a lot of software updates to become usable.
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Today’s email was written by David Vendrell.
Edited and copy edited by Nick Comney.
Published by Darline Salazar.